TimeXtender Desktop Q&A

I am using the 20.10.36.64 desktop version.I am trying to select a provider to connect the SQL server using ODX.I am not seeing any SQL-specific providers here.Which one should I use?  

Trying to connect to DB2 sql server  with 20.10.6.64 but get an error  (NO error message available) that is not documented. Connection is working in another environment. It is not the CDATA connector but DB2 from data source

Hi, Is it possible to add object security rules on a _R table from within TimeXtender?  Thx! 

I would like to share with you this diagram that shows the architecture of our data platform with TX.Perhaps it will be another recomended architectures and I would like to know it and start a discussion about this topic.  

In the semantic model design it’s very common the need to implement role play dimensions.Do you have some guidines about this?

When I remove a MDW-table from the project it remains available in the MDW-database.How do I completely remove the table so I can start over (create a new table using the old name)

We are implementing a data warehouse with data from Dynamics 365 F&O and I’m thinking that we will have money data from UK in pounds and from Spain in euros and we will need currency conversion (based on time) to resolve this situation.Some body has considered this situation?How must it be implemented? 

For one of our clients I need to connect to a database on Amazon Redshift. The IT Vendor who made the system is telling us to use SSL mode Required ( https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/connecting-ssl-support.html#connect-using-ssl ). Using this setting in the ODBC connector from Amazon itself works fine but the CData connector only gives a true false dropdown. I've checked if this perhaps was one of those fields where you can overrule the drop down with manual input but that's not the case for this one. Is there any way to get this working in the CData connector or would our only option for now by create DSN and then use the ADO ODBC option the the ODX to connect with the DSN.

If i try to add a dataselection rule my tables stay empty.Tried allready the selection rule on the table and with an without ‘ ‘ If i do the same in the query tool it looks good. Is it a bug?Using version 6143.1

After manually executing a package, where do I find a log that shows the # of rows processed per table?  I'm trying to verify my incremental loads are working properly

The following article describes several types of data masking: https://legacysupport.timextender.com/hc/en-us/articles/5463363539101-Dynamic-Data-Masking .Does TimeXtender allow custom data masking as well? The example table shown at the top of this article is exactly what I am trying to accomplish. However, the article doesn't describe this type of masking, does it?  

Hi Support, Mount Anvil have a Incremental project to run the incremental load of the finance system data. Changing the incremental execution rule on a table called G/L Budget Entry from the 'Modified At' field to the 'Last Date Modified' field is preventing the execution from running. The 'Modified At' field is in a date\time format and the 'Last Date Modified' field is just a date only format that appears to be causing the execution failure. The error messages caused are below: Finished executing project 'Incremental' Execution Package 'Update Project' Execution failed Start Time : 24/01/2023 16:31:05 End Time : 24/01/2023 16:32:33 on server: MAV01APP01 -Execute Execution Package Update Project 'Failed' -Execute Business Units 'Failed' -Execute Business Unit Business Unit 'Failed' -'One or more errors occurred.' -Execute JetBCStage_I 'Failed' -'One or more errors occu

I need to be able to call an API using a reference number from the ERP system ( which is already in the ODX) as part of the URL. It looks like the Dynamic parameters as descibed on the old support site could work. However it is stated that this will only work in the old fashioned business unit. Is there a solution that would work in the ODX or would a Power Automate/Logic App be the only solution. 

Whwn you define a measure, like a Sum: The internal DAX expresion it’s wrong (but it works) as you can see with tabular editor: 

Hi I’m having problems executing a table from a Cdata source Sharepoint list that has exceeded 5000 rows. Do you have any tips for resolving this issue? Best regardsFrederik

I have a transaction table in odx with the following fields (simplified)Key,Value, transactiondate Example100, V100, 2023-01-01100, V100A,2023-01-31 09100, V100B,2023-01-31 10 Each day there are multiple transactions added , of course with  another transaction date.Note in the example I  have only shown the date part (not hours, minutes, seconds) What I need is a table with the latest update in DSAI created the same table. Set primary key to KEY and added an incremental selection rule on transactiondate . Added history settings to update the Value and transaction date based on the keyWhere it goes wrong is if we get in one day multiple transactions 100, V100A,2023-01-31 09100, V100B,2023-01-31 10I traced down the cleansing procedure and Tx detects that there are twice the same key. So far so good.Next it puts the ID of  the latest transcation into <table>_L  and only process

Dear Community,I like to build my data estates with supernatural keys but in lager datasets the data cleansing starts to take very, very long. Do you happen to have the same issues? Is there a way to make the supernatural keys load faster? Even with incremental loading it begins to be super slow:I've ran a test on 435,397 records. This is on a Azure SQL with 10 vCores1. is a full load on the table with 7 supernatural keys.2. is a full load on the same table without the supernatural keys.1 has data cleansing of 1 second. 2 has a data cleansing of 104 seconds!Second I've done a test on the same tables but now incremental loads:1. incremental load with 7 supernatural keys2. incremental load without supernatural keys1 has a data cleansing time 1,6 seconds and 2 a data cleansing

Hello,I'm working on a project (new license model) where we want to use the Azure Data Factory for Data Movement. I've installed the TX 6143.1 version but got the message “Data Factory source is out of date”. Looking at the release notes this version of TX doesn't support ADF Data Movement at the moment:“Warning: The new version does not support the data source providers that move data using Azure Data Factory (e.g. "Azure Data Factory - SQL Server (11.0.0.0) 64 bit").”I've decided to downgrade to TX version 6117 but I'm getting the message as shown below (screenshot). It looks like there is another Repository from both installations.How can I solve this and remove one of the repositories. I want to use the ADF Movement so the repository for version 6117 is needed.Thanks in advance!

Hi, I have a list that maps product_codes to product_ID's.What I would like to create is a Key Store that, when fed a product_code from the list, produces the same product_ID and when fed a new code (so not in list) produces a supernatural_key as usual. Is it possible to force the keystore to create the ID's as shown above? 

Hi,I have the following setup in my Dev/Prod environments:ODX Shared, all on my live environment DSA / MDW separate for each environmentA daily refresh starts with ODX and on success moves to DSA. So far so good.On the ODX step, there's a Usage condition for Environment (project variable) = ‘Prod’.I added this because I don't want to start 2 refreshes of the same ODX from both Prod&Dev.However, the Dev environment goes straight into the DSA refresh because the ODX ‘starts’ and finishes instantly. Meaning the DSA only gets a few thousand rows from the still-refreshing ODX (largest table has 2000 rows where I'd expect 2million+).Is my assumption correct in using the Usage condition? How can I use the same Execution packages for Dev/Prod while still using the same ODX ?Thanks for any help!

The setup phases are confusing, can anyone explain where exactly they run? The Pre script runs previously to insert the records in the valid table, it’s correct in my case, but the post script that must be run after the records inset, doesn’t run.My script it’s: 

When adding a job I see a checkbox 'Hide objects that can't be added’.  After I uncheck this checkbox I see that my execution schedules for both the data warehouse and the semantic layer can't be added to the job. Could you please tell me what might be causing this?And in general I'd like to know when an object can't be added to a job.

Hi, I am trying out the new TimeXtender version and just set up my environment. Now when I use a transfer task I receive the following error: System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> System.Exception: Error validating data storage version. The version is empty   at DataStorageEngine.SQL.SQLHelper.GetDataStorageVersion(SqlCommand command)   at DataStorageEngine.SQL.SQLStorageEngine.ValidateStorage(SqlCommand command, Boolean tryTakeOwnership, Boolean throwIfInvalidOwner)   at DataStorageEngine.SQL.SQLStorageEngine.TransferData(IDataSourceEngine dataSourceEngine, ExecutionTaskModel taskModel, List`1 tableModels, Boolean forceFullLoad, SecurityExecutionModel securityExecutionModel)

I'm reading XML files from a folder using cdata XML provider. This is working fine and using incremental loading also works. The issue I'm having is that there is an attribute defined in my rsd file that is not always present in the XML files. When ODX starts reading the folder and the first file it parses doesn't have this field it skips the field for all following files. Similarly if the first file does have the attribute all the rest is parsed ok. Is this a bug or is there a setting I'm not aware of? Or maybe a definition in rds that could help?

It would be great if in the Multi Environment Transfer Step it would be possible to refresh the Data source as well.Currently I have to add new tables in Dev en Prod environment on a weekly basis (chaning ERP systems).It happens that a table is added in Dev, but that table is not yet avialable in Prod. So when I transfer the project and deploy I do not get a warning that the table does not exists. So after deployment, the schedule will run in morning and it will fail on the missing table.Only after a refresh of the Data source the project recognises the missing table and gives a warning. Now I have to in Dev transfer project and deploy to Prod and then open the Prod environment itself to refresh data source in order to check if all tables are available or not.