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Hello,Our team has recently started shifting from using Business Units as our data ingestion approach towards ODX server.Our project contains 3 environments (Dev, Test, Prod). All of our data providers give us 2 tables per dimension/fact (e.g. dim.user and dim.user_qa etc.) and we store them in 2 separate databases (Datastore and Datastore_qa respectively) with exactly same names (dim.user).We have a following setup in place implemented using “Environment properties”:Environment Source database Dev Datastore_QA Test Datastore_QA Production Datastore  This way contents of dim.user table are loaded from Datastore_QA database on Dev and Test environments, and from Datastore database on Production environment. Is there any way to achieve the same result utilizing ODX server as data ingestion approach? Hopefully this makes sense, thank you! 

Hi, we are loading a table from our source data base. A column which is part of the key, contains values that are similar but not the same. The difference is in a trailing space. Now, when TimeXtender reads this dataset, it claims a violation of uniqueness. The column is set to be VARCHAR(), which probably causes the system to trim the trailing space, resulting in a duplicate value.As the source system recognizes this as different entries, we want to keep both. How to solve this?  

One of our client's has a problem with the version mismatch between odx and desktop application. They are running on 6645.1 odx but some of the desktop versions are still on 6626.1 they get an error that the odx version is locking them on 6645.1 but it's expecting 6626.1. Is there a workaround for this or a fix? or is this a bug? I know the ‘easy’ solution is that all the desktops versions should be updated at the same time for everyone ones you also update the odx but that's not always possible.

Hi all,I need to extract data from a huge table in SAP (KONV) based on a subquery from another extracted table (VBRK). Any ideas on how to solve this using the XtractIS? I can’t use quey tables on this type of connector and I tried to put the subquery in the filter rows filter for “in list” which also didn’t work either. Any more ideas how to solve this? Many thanksKai

Hello,TimeXtender: 20.10.40.64ODX: 20.10.31We have an issue on certain source where transfer tasks result in “completed with error” or “failed” in the ODX.This lead to the question if there is anyway to capture this without going into the ODX and manually checking every transfer, as there is no way to set up any notificaiton.We need to someone capture this, as the loads within TX will run as usual without failing but not get new data from the sources in most cases. Has anyone found a solution to streamline this? Within Timextender or with a external solution?Thank you,Victor

I am working in a project and the execution is to mach slow,  It has take 35 minutes for 5 tables, that all of them has 10000 rows.    

Hello, I am using ODX server 20.10.47. I would like to limit the amount of records loaded by implementing following filtering rule on column [perakt] among others:LEFT ([perakt],2) > 20I am trying to achieve this in following way using “Filter Rows” options on data source but it does not work:Also if i click OK and load the data, the 2 upper filters are not applied, just because the 3rd filter does not work.Are there any ways of achieving this through “Filter rows” functionality? Or the only option is to create a custom query table?Thank you!

Hi, Since we upgraded to 6626.1 our TimeXtender SQL Data Source (18.0.1.0) type data source has been failing. We believe it is because 6626.1 expects a TimeXtender SQL Data Source (20.0.1.0). This either is a bug that needs to be fixed, or in the product update log / in the portal there should be some warning about this. If this was mentioned somewhere in a product update please share the link to the article.   

I'm using a FireBird database connection over ODBC.Syncing gives me the following error:System.ArgumentException: Column 'TABLE_SCHEMA' does not belong to table Tables.There is a column TABLE_SCHEM (no A). Can I override this somehow?Key Value Is Sensitive Schema Name TABLE_SCHEM false This does not work as additional option in the Data Source TimeXtender Desktop 6536.1 Kind regards,Thijs 

Hello,We are currently utilizing the new TimeXtender REST API 6.1 and leveraging its built-in paging feature to connect to an external REST API. We're not using an RSD configuration for this setup.I've encountered a challenge with pagination, specifically with the use of a parameter named "Cursor." This parameter is critical for the pagination logic in the API we're connecting to. Each row in the data returned by the API has a unique Cursor value, but for pagination purposes, only the first Cursor value from the current page should be used in the subsequent POST request to fetch the next page.Here’s how we've set up the Cursor parameter:Name: cursor Type: XPath Value: /TX_Autogenerated_Root/TX_Autogenerated_Element/data/arTransactions/edges/cursorThe issue arises because I need to ensure that only the first Cursor value from each fetched page is used in the pagination post body for the next request. I'm unsure how to configure TimeXtender to utilize only the first Cursor value for this

v20.10.35.64I just noticed there’s a bug in the current version of our ERP related to the UpdateDate & UpdateTS field which impacts incremental loading. Hence, I'm investigating the possibilities to set up a semi-incremental loading infrastructure. With my TX version I can also set up the following, which is limited:  My database has data ranging from 2013-today. I'm looking to find a way to load 2013-2023 just once and then only full load the data with a UpdateDate >= 01-01-2024. I'm thinking to achieve this the following way:Set up a Query Table for every table where UpdateDate >= 01-01-2024. Set up a Load task, LOAD_FULL which has the original tables Set up a Load task, LOAD_INCREMENTAL, which has the Query table with just data from 2024. Execute the LOAD_FULL task just once. Schedule & Execute LOAD_Incremental every 30 minutes. If I do it this way, it's not a classic incremental loading process.Can I still utilize TimeXtenders ODX/DSA incremental loading functionaliti

Dear community,Is the only way to connect the ODX server to an Azure DB still on SQL Server authentication?No Windows or Azure integrated security yet?Thanks!= Daniel

Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to reference to the content of local file on the ODX server from within a RSD file. Such as Get-Content with Powershell.  We have some RSD files for some of the api’s call that we are making. We are in the process of including these RSD's in our own source control system in order to keep track of the changes that we do with the RSD files. One of the api's is quite unstable and sometimes needs tweeking in the rsd file. (Source control on the RSD file's / powershell scripts files could be another topic to be honest).Anyway, we have to include an API key in the script that we would not like to have saved in the source control. Therefore, an option to reference a file in which we can store the API key would be great.  I know that you can also include authentication in the portal, but we are looking to maybe avoid putting credentials as much as possible in the portal. The portal also creates a OAUTH map if you use OAUTH in the portal. But I don't know h

Hi guys,We are creating a users table in Timextender based on Active Directory.  However, there’s also an on premise Exchange server, adding Exchange attributes to the user in Active Directory.  But it seems we cannot read these attributes.  We use the CData Provider for Active Directory in our ODX server.  When trying to add the fields, the Exchange attributes are not in the list.  How can we add these attributes?  Do we need the CData Provider for Exchange?  If so, has anyone set that one up and is willing to provide more details? Or how can we manage to import all the Exchange attributes in our user table? Thanks!Stijn Hensen

Hi all,I have v20.10.45 running in Azure with ODX server running for a client. We have about 15 ODX datasources. The synch/loads run daily and the server has been up for about 9 months, so no extraordinary amount of logging I think. The issue that I’m having is that it’s not possible anymore to check the execution logs of  some ODX task runs. The popup doesn’t appear and TX goes into a “Not Responding” state. Any click in the client will crash the application. This happens when I have no TX project opened, only the Manage tab for ODX server (see screenshot).I’ve upscaled the VM from DS2v2 (2 core, 8GB) to D4S_v3 (4 core, 16GB), but this doesn’t change it. Restarting ODX server also doesn’t help.The issue is not with all tasks. Tasks for which all recent executions are successful will show the logging. Checking the event logging at ODX server level will crash and tasks with a lot of recent failures also crash. Edit 1: A connection that has this logging issue is a connection using the CD

Hello dear TX Community,We want to load tables from our ERP System, and we are encountering the following error: HRESULT: 0xC0010006.This error indicates that the name of the SSIS Package created is too long, and we need to shorten it. I've attempted to shorten the name by modifying the schema name we agreed upon, but this would only be a temporary solution as there are more tables with longer names. For your information, the package name typically consists of the following parameters: connector name - schema name - table name - SSIS-ID, for example, sql91_DBTest_zzdomAG_DBTest_dbo_SalesAppointment_3d5329a2-54ab-42a1-9126-4c21d569131ce.Now, I have the following questions:1. How can I manipulate/shorten the package name apart from changes I can make to the connector name and schema name (in TX)?2. Is the SSIS-ID always generated with the same string sequence, and is there a specific use case behind it that requires the ID to be formatted this way?kind regards Faras E.Nazeri

I have a number of Oracle data connections (TimeXtender Oracle Data Source) which have been set up and working against the same data source for a few months now. However, just recently, one of these data connections stopped working and started reporting timeout issues after 1 hour of connecting. I have multiple cloned versions of this same Oracle connection, and it seems to be only one of the cloned connections which is having this issue. I have since cloned one of the working connectors and added the 6 tables that are pulled by the failing connector (to mimic the failing connector setup) and this temporary connector runs without issue, completing in just a few minutes. As far as I can see, the 2 connectors are set up exactly the same way, its just the the original does not work whilst the new temporary test connection does. It may not be related, but this connector started failing one day after I had performed an in-place upgrade of both the TX ODX server and desktop client. However,

HelloEvery day, I have a new Excel file in the Azure storage or OneDrive account. I use OneDrive to test phase. These file’s name change with a new day. How can I this multiple Excel files to one? Is there a option for Excel like aggregate files option in CSV?Best Regards

We have a REST API that we use to connect to several endpoints. The default name of all the tables is: REST.Jsondata. This causes issues in our Azure Gen2 datalake. It gives an error saying the table name is already in use by a table with a different ID.I almost feel like there must be some really easy way to rename the table name before it lands in the Gen2 datalake but so far I haven’t been able to figure out how.The workaround I use now is to use a QueryTable but that is not the nicest way to do it I guess. 

Hello,My organisation recently had to redeploy our development virtual machine and reinstall timextender / odx on it. Since then I am not allowed to click on certain buttons inside the application, and options are missing when I right-click on certain objects.For example I am not allowed to click on the [Stop Task] button in the ODX Execution Queue window. And when I right-click on an object in the Manage ODX tab, all I can see it ‘View Properties’ and not any of the many other options that used to be there.I do have these functions available in our other environments. And my collegues have no issues on our dev machine.I have tried the following so far:Enable/disable Deprecated Features. Delete the hidden Default.rdp file and create a new rdp connection to the machine. Any tips?

Currently I’m using one ODX instance with this setup:  All the mapped data sources connections has selected the option “Enabled data on demand”:  I am using three instances of Data Warehouse: Development → Testing → Production.My question is:Can I create a new ODX instance connected to the same Storage container?The idea is that the same data sources in the DW instances for development and test use the "Enable data on demand" OFF option. In this way the storage container only will be refreshed one time (when we refresh the DWH production instance) because the data source is the same. 

Hello Guys. I tried to select table from ODX but it deosnt show none (except once query table).the transfer task work fine (it show succefull) but once I triy to select table in order to send them to the datawerhouse I show nothing.- even if it work fine when I use query tool. Any suggestion please? thanks@Thomas Lind   

I am loading a CSV (comma separated) file with the ODX. After upgrading the ODX to the latest version, transferring any table with this datasource gives the following error: Syncing does work.ODX version: 6521.1TX version: 6536.1CSV Provider version: tried both 22.0.8276.0 and 23.0.8749.0 but same error.

Hi,We have only source in which we are using a rest source and incrementally loading the data in the odx. The api cannot handle a date range that is too big. When we trying to preview the data in the odx, we see the data that we need. However, when we run the odx transfer task, with syncing it does not give all the updates in the table like it should. I saw that there were some fixes with the previous versions with incremental loading. We upgraded today to 6536.1. Also we upgraded the rest data source to the newest version. However, because the preview is fine, I don't think the problem is the source connector. 

I need some guidence saving contents ofan endpoint as BLOOB. I can see that the version we use doesnot have an option for BLOOB but may be Text or Binary with maximum length can give me what i need.So I have this RSD that i created <api:script xmlns:api="http://apiscript.com/ns?v1" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <!-- See Column Definitions to specify column behavior and use XPaths to extract column values from JSON. --> <api:info title="GetAllStops" desc="Generated schema file." xmlns:other="http://apiscript.com/ns?v1"> <!-- You can modify the name, type, and column size here. --> <attr name="kortnavn" xs:type="string" readonly="false" other:xPath="/json/kortnavn" /> <attr name="tittel" xs:type="string" readonly="false" other:xPath="/json/tittel" /> <attr name="virksomhet" xs:type="string" readonly="false" other:xPath="/jso