TimeXtender Desktop Q&A

When I do 1 on the exercise, I get a pop-up information message "No constraint suggestions are available" Right click DSA node and choose Automate -> Add Suggested Constraints Don't know how to resolve this?

We want to extract data from the CBS (NL) this is a dataset with minimal 100.000 records and the connections allows a maximum of 10.000 records. https://dataderden.cbs.nl/ODataFeed/odata/03759ned/TypedDataset.xmlIs there a possibility to make a connection that downloads each time a set of 10.000 till all records are downloaded. 

Hi all,I'll try to find out how to get rows in the _L table when I use a field validation. For field validation I can decide if I get a warning or an error information. But I only get a message in the _M like this:How can I get the rows that don't match the field validation criterion to get an entry in the _L table? 

Hi, we are receiving a file where the order of the rows is important information that needs to be maintained for our transformation process. When TimeXtender loads a text file, are the rows loaded in order? (I.e. will the DW_Id in the Business Unit table act as row numbers of the source table). Thanks, Mark

Hi all, I have not been able to find any similar posts. My problem is that I stumble over an execution error when trying to map two different sources with identical columns, except one, that only exist in one source. I except data from one of the sources into the column and expect Null from the other on the lines originating from the other. But however Timextender throws error "Invalid column name 'XXXXX' " on the column at execution. Have tried full deploy. Only if I remove the XXXXX column it will execute. Any ideas?

When I have two tables, how can i make a left outer join between 2 tables. Or do i always need to use a custom view for this situation. Table 1 = Adressid = 1id = 2Table 2 = Relationpersonid = 1personid = 2Table 3 id = 1, personid = 1, personid = 2id 2 , null

Hi, I am following the tutorial to set up a sandbox environment. However, I get an error message at the end of the configuration I get an error: Can anyone help me resolve this issue?

Hi all, We recently started developing a new data platform using TimeXtender with Tableau as a visualization tool. We are currently determining how to setup our endpoint in TimeXtender for Tableau as we have several options, each with their pro's and con's. Im wondering what choice others made and if maybe there's something we haven't thought about yet while trying to make this choice. As we see it now we have three main options: - Multiple .tds files, one for each fact table. As Tableau requires all tables to have a relation with eachother it is not possible to have a .tds file endpoint with all facts as not all facts relate to all dimensions. Pro's: smaller, efficient sources with good manageable security. Cons: Can become difficult to maintain with lots of .tds which share dimensions, for example when an attribute is added to a dimension this has to be done multiple times. When using multiple .tds sources in a Tableau sheet there's no way to link shared dimensions and thus fltering

We would like to be able to set specific schedules for our different environments. For example som execution packages could run on schedule in our QA environment during testing. And the TXDictionary should run on schedule in all environments.

Customer is a large user of Qlik Sense and also has Qlik ODI installed. He wants to create a Datawarehouse for his varied core data and has asked me if Timextender will add value when Qlik ODI already. And will the value add be marginal or substantial.

Is there an option to set a default value for a simple table such that we can fill it with some value without doing any transformations. It then also should be possible to add fields for simple tables, but that you can only fill it with a default value. It would also be helpful in the DSA. 

Hi, I tried to execute a transfer task on my data source however I encountered the following error:  The execution failed with error:System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Property cannot be updated or deleted. Property 'OwnerId' does not exist for 'object specified'. at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection, Action`1 wrapCloseInAction) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj, Boolean callerHasConnectionLock, Boolean asyncClose) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.TryRun(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj, Boolean& dataReady) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteNonQueryTds(String methodName, Boolean async, Int32 timeout, Boolean asyncWrite) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.InternalExecuteNonQuery(TaskCompletionSource`1 completion, String m

Has anyone experience which fieldsto fill to get the CDATA evernote connector working ? 

I am busy with de TimeXtender Learn (TimeXtender Optimization) en there is an exercise :  Right click DSA node and choose Automate > Add Suggested Constraints.  De instruction is on TX 20.5.6.64, we work with 20.10.23.64. I can't find this function. Is that correct ? 

Is there a way to create a many to many relationship in the Tabular model.I have one tableDataWith Fields Project , Amount I then have a project Device TableWith fields Project, Devicee.g. A, 1A,2A,3B,1B,2 I then have a project tableWith fields Project And a device tableWith fields device The issue is I want to see the data table by device and project. The main data table contains 32 millions records and the project device table contains 10,000 combinations  so a workaround by creating a new fact table by creating a full outer join on the two tables might be a little inefficient , thanks

I am unable to use the Add related records on a table. I get the error message "There is no relation between table-A and the table table-B". I have added a condition where the key in both tables should be equal. I have also tried creating a relation between the two tables in both directions but no luck. There is no mention in the docs that it is needed to add a relation before adding related records. I am getting a Warning that the source table is executed after the destination table. What am I doing wrong?

I would like to have the ability to stop a running task in the ODX server. Right now I have a task that is running and has timed out after 1h several times. I think I need to synchronize the data source and that would fix the issue, but I have no way of stopping the running task. So I have to wait for it to time out and let the synchronization be pending.

I am unable to set up notifications on critical errors in the ODX server. I get the following error message:My guess is that our SMTP server only accepts AD authentication. Is there a workaround?

Is there a way to use IS NOT NULL as one of the join conditions on a lookup? I want to get the TOP (1) record where a field is not null, ordered by date. Currently I have to edit the _Clean stored procedure as custom code to add it, which is obviously not the best way to do things. Thanks

I have a package with an active schedule and now and then the package is, for some unknown reason, not executed.  Scheduler Service was running at the time of the preferred execution time. How do I resolve the cause of this issue?  

Goodmorning,currently I am trying to extract data from a REST API. However the JSON response is structured oddly. In the image below you can see a sample, the numerical values (704, 1406, 1517) whcih represent userID's, aData represents a JSON Object.I am able to extract the aData data. However I am not able to get the corresponding numeric values, since they are not a key:value pair. I suspect I am doing something wrong with my JSONPath and/or xpath. Below is party of my RSD file (except the methods):<api:info title="data" desc="Generated schema file." xmlns:other="http://apiscript.com/ns?v1"> <!-- You can modify the name, type, and column size here. --> <attr name="_id"xs:type="integer"readonly="false" key="true"other:xPath="/_id"/> <attr name="ID"xs:type="string"readonly="false"other:xPath(".")/> <attr name="aData"xs:type="string"readonly="false"other:xPath="/*"/> <input name="fromdate"xs:type="string"default=""/> </api:info&gt

ODX Server is running fine, but transfer en sync jobs fail.Error occurs when I 'Select Tables'.What to do?Error in command: 'Select Tables...'.Service request failed: ODX.Model.Exceptions.DataSourceException: The custom data source is out of date and needs to be updated.at DataSourceEngine.Custom.CustomSourceEngine.IsDataSourceVersionValid(Version version)at DataSourceEngine.Custom.CustomSourceEngine.GetCustomDataSource()at DataSourceEngine.Custom.CustomSourceEngine.<GetSupportedFilterModeType>b__48_0()at DataSourceEngine.Custom.CustomSourceEngine.GetSupportedFilterModeType()Details:Service request failed: ODX.Model.Exceptions.DataSourceException: The custom data source is out of date and needs to be updated. ...Module: TimeXtender.ODX.EngineTimeXtender.ODX.Engine.ODXFaultExceptionat TimeXtender.ODX.Engine.ODXEngine.SendServiceRequest[C,T](WcfServerSettings serverSettings, ProjectInformation projectInformation, Func`3 func)at TimeXtender.ODX.Engine.DataSourceController`1.GetSuppo

When you set up primary key behaviour to 'error' you elegantly force all valid data to be unique combinations of your selected primary keys. But, how do you control what individual dataset is regarded as valid and what is discarded as error ? Is there a way to let the primary key violation error handling know, which record you consider the valid one ?  (e.g. based on min/max values in non-primary key data fields)

When I recently moved our production environment to a new server and was working on deploying the entire data warehouse in TimeXtender I had some difficulties. First I did a complete (full?) and managed deploy which seemed to be successful. When I then tried to run a few execution packages one of them said it was missing a view. Then I did a differential managed deploy and it listed a lot of objects not already deployed!! OK, so I ran that which seemed to succeed as well. Tried the execution package that failed again but with the same result. Third time I did a differential deploy but this time after the deploy was done I noticed that the scrollbar in the results dialog was not all the way up! There at the top an error message was hiding. I had guard on deploy on some tables which was highlighted and hence covering up the error message. The actual error was that a view was not able to deploy because of a user defined function was missing. This UDF is defined in TimeXtender so why does

Hi I am trying retrieve data through an API using XMLI am getting the following error. The API requires I use a wildcard  to retrieve all values. My XML works if I use Postman / Swagger to test.Error obtaining value for column 'ProductList.Product.ProductCode': Error parsing long value [ * ].Details:Error parsing long value [ * ].Module: System.Data.CData.XMLdvo200m.hqat dvo200m.Uw.qM(String )at dvo200m.Uw.u(String , Int32 , Int32 , Boolean )at dvo200m.fZ.Na(String , Int32 , Int32 )at dvo200m.ZG.H(Int32 , Int32 , Int32 )Error obtaining value for column 'ProductList.Product.ProductCode': Error parsing long value [ * ].Module: System.Data.CData.XMLdvo200m.hqat dvo200m.ZG.H(Int32 , Int32 , Int32 )at dvo200m.ZG.GetValue(Int32 , Int32 )at CData.Sql.ResultSetBase.GetValue(Int32 colIndex, Int32 dataType)at dvo200m.Zv.L(Int32 , Int32 , Int32 )Error obtaining value for column 'ProductList.Product.ProductCode': Error parsing long value [ * ].Module: System.Data.CData.XMLdvo200m.hqat dvo200m.Zv.L