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 Hi,I’m am trying to create a ODBC data source connection in the TimeXtender ODX portal.I have created a ODBC data source on the server on which TimeXtender is run, see picture below. This data source seems to work fine, I am able to test the connection with success and I am able to connect to the database and query the data through PSQL control center on the server.ODBC Data Source on TimeXtender VM In the TimeXtender portal, my configuration is as follows:TimeXtender portal configurationWhen trying to test the connection, I get the error “Buffer cannot be null. Parameter name: buffer”.I have tried adding buffer as an additional property without success.I am unable to find documentation or guidance on how to solve this issue. Since I am able to connect to the database and query the data through PSQL control center on the server on which TimeXtender is run, the ODBC data source on the server seems to be working correctly. It is only through the TimeXtender portal I am unable to use the

Hello Community!When running a rollup task, the resulting rollup file ends up in a separate folder inside the same full load folder: After the rollup, new incremental files continue to appear in the DATA folder and the old incremental files are still there. What have we achieved by doing the rollup? Is the new rollup file being used at all? How can we delete the old incremental files given that the delete Storage Management task only removes entire full load folders and we don’t perform full loads?Currently I don’t understand how we can clean up the many incremental files, both for load performance and storage management.Please note: We cannot rely on doing regular full loads because of the size of the tables.Thanks!TX version: 6745.1Connector: TimeXtender SQL Data Source 21.0.2.1We are using Azure Data Lake and ADF.

Hi!I have set up a REST connection in my Ingest instance to an API with multiple endpoints. The first time I misspelled two of the endpoint names, which I later changed. Then I noticed that the “old” names are still active in the ODX and does not get updated despite multiple refreshes (see attached screenshot). We have already done some work on some of the endpoints so I’m a bit reluctant to delete the whole connection and set it up again just to get these names updated. Is there some other way to fix this?  

Dear Comunity,I’ve got a blob folder which contains 10 JSON files. I’ve set everything up but it only gets 1 file (the first) from the blob. Also only 1 RSD files get created. Is there something in the connector that needs to change in order for the connector to get more then 1 file? Thanks in advance

Dear Community,I’m having some issues with connecting to the Azure Active Directory. We want to use this data for RLS and feed this from the DWH.I’ve set up the Active Directory Connector and put in credentials:  After a minute or so I get an timeout. If I leave out the OAuth stuff I get an not authorized. What do I need to set up here to get the data from the AAD? Thanks!

HiI have recently noticed a problem where some of my scheduled jobs do not run at their scheduled times. When digging about I noticed in the event viewer the following;Running the [TimeXtender Execution Server Configuration 6698.1] tool to unlink and relink the instances has not resolved the issue.Running the jobs manually work fine.Please advise on next steps

Hi I am trying to find a way to filter rows in ODX on multiple 'like’ expressions.Below the SQL statement i use in SQL Server Manager that i would like to implement;SELECT [autoid], [values]FROM TableAWHERE [autoid] > 61103544AND  ([values] like '<N V="D%' or [values] like '<N V="VAS%')How can we achieve this in ODX so I can limit the amount of records retrieved from the source.Thanks in AdvanceHans

I’m trying to connect to Business Central Online using the Time Xtender connector. I’m using a service principal which has an app registration in Azure and I’ve run through all the steps in the BC/TX tutorial.I’m getting the following error message when I try to add the data source. Any ideas what might happen Service request failed: Sequence contains no matching element (System.InvalidOperationException)Details:Service request failed: Sequence contains no matching element (System.InvalidOperationException)Module: TimeXtender.ODX.EngineTimeXtender.ODX.Engine.ODXFaultException   at TimeXtender.ODX.Engine.ODXEngine.SendServiceRequest[C,T](WcfServerSettings serverSettings, Func`3 func)   at TimeXtender.DataManager.AddODXDataSourceWizard_SelectConnectionStep.<>c__DisplayClass11_0.<Validate>b__0()   at TimeXtender.DataManager.ConnectingThread.ExecuteConnectingThread(Object dummy)Service request failed: Sequence contains no matching element (System.InvalidOperationException)Modul

The sync of my ODX datasource returns the following error.  The datasource is a REST API endpoint of the form URL/{foreign_ID}, where foreign_id is a dynamic value that comes from a different endpoint within the same data source. The option "Perform exhaustive meta data scan” is enabled. The error returned is this:Failed to read metadata from XmlDocument for endpoint X with transformation 'T'Input string was not in a correct format.There is no further information.  The sync does work when I replace foreign_ID by a fixed value.  The endpoint contains a field that has a lot of values that look like integers, but some values contain letters. Since the above error message is the most verbose info I’ve got, I assumed that's probably the cause. However this conflicts with my understanding of what an “exhaustive meta data scan” should do.  Any help is appreciated. 

Hi, if i start timextender the first thing doen is “loading odx project information” this hangs. my version is 20.10.46.64 already restarted whole server , didn’t make any difference

Hi support,Following this ticket I will make one myself to keep things clear. We have set up a Business Central 365 connection, both via OAuth2.0 as service to service authentication. We have succesfully tested the connection with both authentication options. However, when we want to read objects, we receive the error “Invalid response from Business Central retrieving table Field for company”. Full log is added to this ticket as an attachment. We have walked through all steps from the prerequisites guide. Hence, we have a succesful connection. From the other ticket I understand that there are more versions of the Jet Analytics for Business Central extension. It has to be the newest one and I have to keep on trying. In the Extension Marketplace we only find two versions of the Jet Analytics for Business Central extension. The first from Jet Global Data Technologies is not available anymore and they point to the second; the one from insightsoftware. This is the one we have installed; ver

HiIt looks impossible to add a new field from the ODX onto the DSA, once you have added fields before. I’m not able to drag a new field (one of the grayed out fields) onto the table. Only solution seems to drop the existing mapping set and restart. Am I missing something? Situation as is:We are using TX-version is V21 Different agencies, all using the same ERP. Have created different ODX-sources for each agency. Created a mapping set to import data from ODX to DSA. Mapping set is a handy feature. Instead of dragging each data source individually, you can create a mapping set that will pull in all the tables with the same name and structure Problem seems to be that when you have created the mapping set, that you can’t change/add something afterwards. This can’t be the case I assume.In the example I have added 14 fields before. I now want to add (1) more but the application won’t let me drop it on the table (or mapping set).  Thanks for your thoughts/solutions

I get the following error message when synchronizing a TimeXtender Dynamics 365 Business Central - Online data source: “System.AggregateException: Ett eller flera fel har uppstått. ---> System.ApplicationException: Invalid response from Business Central retrieving table Field for company “ Authorize OAuth as well as Test Connection is successful in TimeXtender desktop. It seems like the Tenant and the Environment parameters are correct as connection fails when I alter these parameters. I am able to authorize and connect regardless what I input in the fields in the Account section. I use the Service to Service authentication with Client ID and Client Secret from the Azure app registration. I use TimeXtender v. 6718.1 and ODX Service v. 6718.1. Any suggestions on what to try next? 

hi thereI need a little advise form you guys .. In the near future I need a new datasource but I’m not quite sure what the best approach is .. I’m going to have 600 inidivudal xml files which all contains different product data .. these will be updated daily or at minmum weekly.What would be the smartest way to import all these files into 1 table ?Should I make a parser or should I do something else ?

Hi,A csv table with the first approx. 23,000 rows containing only integers in the first column, doesn’t fully populate in the ODX because in row 23,000-somewhere this field contains text:“Error obtaining value ‘E04012’ for column ‘ArtikelNR’. Failed to convert to data type: ‘int’.”The data type has been set to override from ‘int’ to ‘Text’ = ‘varchar(max)’.TX version 6718.1. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

HiI have set up ‘notifications on critical errors’ in ODX and can test successfully by clicking the [Test Notification] button. However, when I attempt to fail an ODX job on purpose to test it works (by purposefully using incorrect credentials to connect to the data source) the ODX job fails but I do not receive an email.If I receive a test notification email by clicking the [Test Notification] can I assume the mail server is correctly configured?Or is it that a set of incorrect credentials for the data source is NOT considered ‘critical’?Or could it be something else?ODX: 6675.2TX: 6698.1

Hi everyone, Trying to environment transfer but getting below error. Any idea's? 

I have together with a solutions- and security architect used your guide to try setting up notifications but we keep on getting an error when i hit the button Test NotificationThis is the guide we have usedSet up Notifications on Critical Errors from the ODX Instance | Community (timextender.com)The part below also in place according to this guideNotifications on Critical Errors – TimeXtender SupportIs there someting missing?

Hello,I have a question about the RAW tables in TimeXtender. I noticed that the data types of the fields in the RAW table change when I modify them in the tool. I was under the impression that RAW tables should keep the original data types from the source, since this would be “RAW”.I ran into trouble when loading transferring from the ODX. I changed the datatype of a field and even added a transformation that resulted in a CAST in the transformation view. However, I got an error message saying: The given value of type String from the data source cannot be converted to type float of the specified target column.This should not be, because the source contains only data that is/should be convertible to a float. The Raw table has no data, which I find strange. Changing the fields data type to float has also changed the datatype of the Raw table. I would expect the Raw table to always have the same datatype as the source and that the changing of datatypes is handled in the transformation vie

Hello TX Team, I just updated the data source version in the portal. After the update the data of one of the sources was gone. Even though I can sync and get data.  If I test the connection in the portal I get this error: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.In the desktop I am seeing a test table and not the tables from the blob. I am running the latest TX Version: 6698.1 and the latest ODX version: 6675.2 Two data sources are connected to the ODX (both csv files from a blob storage) Can someone please help or advise on the issue? Each time I update something in TX my flow breaks.  Thank you in advance. Kind Regards, Boy

Dear Sir,When I open my TX Client (6698.1) I have an error when opening my ODX instance.Even started from scratch a few times. New environment, new instance ODX and DWH.Going back to my TX client, try to open my just new created ODX instance and then I have this message: The expected instance id does not match the active instance id.…We can not use TimeXtender in our FourPoints tenant to assit our clients, please help.Error details:Service request failed: The expected instance id bd8b16fe-91e6-4142-bcdb-414d37613dd9 does not match the active instance id c1989d3e-4ed6-4f48-a8a4-4d880a2b257a (ODX.Model.Exceptions.ProjectIdException)Details:Service request failed: The expected instance id bd8b16fe-91e6-4142-bcdb-414d37613dd9 does not match the active instance id c1989d3e-4ed6-4f48-a8a4-4d880a2b257a (ODX.Model.Exceptions.ProjectIdException)Module: TimeXtender.ODX.EngineTimeXtender.ODX.Engine.ODXFaultException   at TimeXtender.ODX.Engine.ODXEngine.SendServiceRequest[C](WcfServerSettings ser

Dear Sir,We are migrating TimeXtender to the latest and the greatest Our client is using the old school Business Units for there ODX Data Sources.Development data sources are different then Production data sources.So our client wants to have the same ODX setup in their new version of TimeXtender (6675.2).So I need to setup 2 ODX servers for this right ? One for DEV and one for PROD.If that is true, I need two Window servers to install two ODX servers. One for DEV and one for PROD.Question:Or can I install/run two ODX servers on just one Window server ?Client is going to use TimeXtender ODX Server 6675.2Hope this makes any sense. Regards,Arthur

Hi,I have a postgresql cd connector which works well with SSL set to false, we activated a self signed SSL certificate on the database server side, but connecting with tx setting ssl to true is not workingthe owner of the database mentioned i should accept the certificate but from TX there is no prompt to accept the SSL certificate, how do I need to proceed? Do we need to install anything on our end (tx server), it should not as it is a self signed certificate. Thanks your help!Linda Monincx

We have 30 companies with each their own BC installation. So right now we have 30 data source connection. I created one data source connection with all the table and fields that we need. After that i cloned that one. I created all the mapping sets, so for now i have the right setup for all the companies. But now comes the problem. What if i want to added a new table and columns to all the companies. Do i need to do that on all the 30 companies? When i want to clone them again i get the message that the name already exists. Is there any way to do this easily without having to delete everything again and clone each time.

Because of another unrelated issue, I have discovered that the service account does not have acces to a certain folder where my source files are in. However, if I go to edit data source → Test Connection. It says it is connected successfully. If I go to the query tool to check my source, I get an error. Acces denied. And if run the sync/transfer tasks, I get a warning saying:The view [CSV].[AggregatedFiles] has no columns.The view is ignored And if I run this source in a job, from an Execution. I get no error/warning at all. How is this supposed to work?