General Q&A

Dear Sir,I am working with a client to migrate TX to latest version (from legacy to latest).Now, they want to migrate to a TX Standard license, wich will give you 4 Datawarehouse Instances.Question: Is is possible in this scenario to run 4 Datawarehouse instances in Development and 4 Datawarehouse instances in Production in the latest TX version. All together 8 dwh instances. Is that allowed within the TX Standard license package ?Or do we have to configure 2 dwh instances in Development and 2 dwh in Production to meet the TX Standard license requirements (4 Datawarehouse Instances) ?Hope this makes any sense 😆Thank you in advance for looking into this. Regards,Arthur 

Dear Sir,I am working with a client to migrate TX to latest version (from legacy to latest).Now, they have a lot of Data Exports (CSV files) in their projects, about 50 all together.Client wants to migrate to a TX Standard License, wich will give you 18 Data Product Instances.Question: Does a Data Export (CSV files) count as a Data Product Instance ?Does my client has to move to a TX Premium license ?Or is there an alternative for this.Many thanx for looking into this 😀. Regards,Arthur 

Hello,We are still running on TX 18.6.8.64 version and SQL server 2014.Now they want us to upgrade to SQL server 2022 so it makes sense to also upgrade TX. Questions:can I upgrade from 18.6.8.64 to latest TX version in 1 go ?  is SQL server 2022 working fine with latest TX version ?Thanks,Ronny

When deploying the project in the PROD environment (through multiple environment transfer) we get the following error.: Source: System.Memory Type: System.IO.FileLoadException Could not load file or assembly 'System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe, Version=4.0.4.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040) at System.MemoryExtensions.AsSpan(String text) at Microsoft.Data.LocalDBAPI.GetLocalDbInstanceNameFromServerName(String serverName) at Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionString..ctor(String connectionString) at Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionFactory.CreateConnectionOptions(String connectionString, DbConnectionOptions previous) at Microsoft.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.GetConnectionPoolGroup(DbConnectionPoolKey key, DbConnectionPoolGroupOptions poolOptions, DbConnectionOptions& userConnectionOptions) at Micros

Looked for this in the documentation, but couldn’t find it - is TimeXtender 20.10.X compatible with Windows Server 2022? 

I have setup an Execution Package and am running a number of Perspectives in the order they need to build in the project. I then call 2 External Steps, which are Execution Packages in other TX Projects in the same environment. I am having an issue where when a step fails in the project, the build then continues onto the External steps whereas I would like the entire package to fail. I thought this would be accomplished by selecting the FailPackage action on Failure Handling but it is not working. Do I need to set this up a different way to get this to work?(I have hidden sensitive data in my screenshot) 

Dear Sir,I am assisting one of our clients with a TimeXtender upgrade from 20.10.45 to version 6521.1.I gave them a small demo today and showed them the Migration Tool to support the upgrade proces.Then the client asked me if the Migration Tool is capable to Migrate over a 100 TX-projects all at the same time…. Yes, you are reading this correctly, our client has over a 100 TimeXtender projects.So, I am looking for a way to Administrate all of these projects in the Environments Page (see picture) and please advice how to speed up the TX Upgrade proces for our client. If we can’t automate the migration-proces it’s going to be a lot of work. I hope you can shine a light on this one, because I am still in the dark.Thanx in advance.Regards from Amsterdam,Arthur 

Hello, i am kind of stuck and hoping someone could give me an idea what am i missing to configure multiple environment setup that i have right now. I have 2 machines (call them A and B machines). A machine runs DEV and TEST environments of TimeXtender, B machine runs PROD environment. Current setup is as follows:Deployment path: DEV → TEST, then TEST → PRODEnvironment settings:This setup works, but sometimes i need to be able to deploy changes from DEV to PROD, bypassing TEST environment. My desired deployment paths would be: DEV → TEST and DEV → PROD. Since DEV and TEST environments are on the same virtual machine A and already can connect to machine B, i recognize that i would not need to change any firewall settings.As i configure environments my idea for steps is:B machine (PROD environment) - do nothing; A machine (TEST environment) - remove PROD environment, do not change anything else; A machine (DEV environment) - add PROD environment with Local port 10026 and Remote port 10021

Good Day All,We have received a question with regards to SSO/MFA. Is it possible to utilize SSO or MFA in order to access TX to increase the security levels? If not, are there any other means in order to increase the security levels? Appreciate your response in here.  Regards,  Marc

Hi,  Is Acrobat Reader a pre-requisite for ETL Agile scheduler to work? We have a client that has uninstalled Acrobat Reader Pro and now the Excel Macros no longer work.The Acrobat Reader was uninstalled on a client PC/laptop.Thanks & RegardsShahid

Hi, One of our clients are  looking to implement SQL Server connection encryption using the SQL Server Network Configuration\Protocols for MSSQL Server and setting this to 'Force Encryption' using an SSL certificate.This would be on the ETL DB server.Is this supported? The ETL DB is accessed by ETL Agile, Targit and SSRS. Best RegardsShahid Raja 

Hello,TimeXtender 20.10.40.64.In one of our projects we are adding descriptions to every column in a table and we want to be able to get this data querying the database.However, we can’t find a good place in the repository where the description is stored on a column level and how to effectively exctract this data. Looking at the [TxObjectDescriptions] table in the repository there is a column called Description that is a long string. This string includes the description we added to the field, however it also has alot of other data. On top of this, the string seems to have different structures from case to case and I can’t find a good way to always get the value we need.Does anyone have a good way to get this data or knows if there is data saved in another place in a better format?Thank you,Victor

In the v20 release of TimeXtender, developers are able to access their ‘own’ data in the project repository db. By querying this manually or using the TX Dictionary project, you are able to gain a lot of valuable insights on your DWH implementation. I see that there already is an idea for implementing the TX Dictionary functionality in the new release. Is it likely that this will be implemented? If not, this could very well be a showstopper for migrating to the new release in my opinion. Enabling this through the TX API will probably be a lot of work for TX developers but this also limits flexibility. What other options are available for accessing our cloud repository? Would love to hear your opinion on this.

Any news on SQL Server 2022 Compatibility?Expected release date?

Hi all,Just creating this as a follow up to the thread here. We are currently using TimeXtender 20.10.X, and our infrastructure team is preparing to upgrade to SQL Server 2022. We need to know as a matter of some urgency whether or not this version of TimeXtender is compatible with the most recent version of SQL Server!

We are in a process of moving from on-prem to AZUREWhy do i get this error? How do i solve it?The user svc_timextender is local admin and its alreay running ODX. Why cant i start it for TiimeXtender Server Service? 

Hello there, we’ve been experiencing intermittent slowness in the TimeXtender UI within the past few weeks.  Even doing simple things like right clicking on a execution package to view the logs, trying to see the status of an ODX transfer job, etc. will sometimes cause the UI to feel like it’s just not responding (no lotus status UI) for 30 seconds to minutes.This isn’t something that happens all the time and we haven't been able to nail down a root cause.  Our VM where the UI is running is rarely over 30% CPU usage and we usually have over 80% memory free.  Same goes for the VM that the ODX is running on.  How do you even begin to troubleshoot this when the UI is slow to respond?  The TimeXtender UI is on version 20.10.38.64.  The TimeXtender ODX server is on version 20.10.37Thanks!

Hi,I think that XPilot needs to learn to be a little humble, and tell you when it's just making things up.Sometimes what looks like useful info is actually just crap.Otherwise, the risk is that you stop using it.BRAnders

Hi team,I’m facing the following issue when Multiple Text File connector to pull in *.TXT files. I’m getting the following error “Index was outside the bounds of the array” when i execute table in the ODX.    

HelloAt the moment we are processing our MDW datawarehouse to an Azure SQL Database and then we copy data to Snowflake.We want to change this to Snowflake directly however only when it is possible to fully deploy to Snowflake (transformations included).I know it is hard to give an exact timeline when this becomes available but do I need to think in a couple of months or in a couple of quarters or is this even low priority at the moment?Looking forward to your response,Greetings, Roy 

Hello, I’ve got a customer who asking me this question related to the activation of TX (v. 20.10) .The TX developers use the TX desktop through a Virtual Desktop interface (VmWare horizon). For any reason the IT department has decided to rebuilt (full reinstall)  all VDI servers at least one a week.  Despite I provide the activation file (.lic) they didn’t succeed to automate the TX Desktop license activation and ask me if there is another way to activate the software. My answer was that the only way to get this TX desktop unlocking is to migrate to new version with the cloud repo that will unlock the Desktop when opening the project.Could you confirm there is no alternative for the legacy version regarding the activation? Maybe possible to set at least the license key is a config file then pref-filled in Desktop and  the TX developers jsut need to press activate (assuming requried ports is open to reach the TX license server.?Thx for your helpMichael  

Hi, in TX v20 we are trying to configure XMLA endpoints. We were having issues with using the Service Principle so now using Windows authentication. When we test the connection, this works OK. But when trying to deploy the endpoint, it runs for an infinite amount of time without any error message. We have put the settings on XMLA Endpoint to ‘Read Write’ but still no change.Also, the workspace is Premium Capacity so I guess the relevant XMLA Endpoint setting in Power BI is like this, correct?So the ‘Read Write’ setting for Premium Per User is irrelevant?

Dear Cummunity, Is there a way to hook up the TimeXtender portal (app.timextender.com) to the Azure keyvault?We want to keep our login credentials safe and in one place so would be great to have them feed them from the keyvault to the portal.Thanks!= Daniel

Hi community,I have a question about the Temp DB in SQL Server. We have a customer where the TempDB is growing rapidly, the disk is expanded multiple times. Although it is not a problem to expand this disk again for this customer. I want to understand how we can avoid the TempDB growing rapidly?I do not have a DBA background.The TempDB for this customer is 40 GB at the moment. All ‘heavy’ tables are loaded incrementally and batch cleansing is enabled for these tables. I have some questions:I know batch cleansing is preventing the logs will grow rapidly, but does it also have impact on the TempDB? Are there any other table settings in TimeXtender can help reducing the TempDB size? Does the number of threads in a execution package have impact on the TempDB? Are there any best practices in determining the correct/optimal disk size for the TempDB? Are there any troubleshooting ideas/tools for this?Any other suggestions?

Hi,We have just installed TimeXtender on a VM on-prem and tries to start the applikation and the ODX Server Configuration. Both fails with the same error:Error occurred while determining instance version or during performing aut. upgrade:A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: TCP Provider, error: 0 - A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.)Details:SQL Server: ''SQL Error Number: 10060I noticed that there is now server name in the error message. Is this supposed to be empty?The SQL server name is provided in the portal för both instances that have been created (One ODX and one MDW).We have no problems connecting to the SQL S