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aftabpProblem Solver
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Notification on critical errors

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 Notification This is the guide we have used Set up Notifications on Critical Errors from the ODX Instance | Community (timextender.com) The part below also in place according to this guide Notifications on Critical Errors – TimeXtender Support Is there someting missing?

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christian.koeken
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christian.koekenContributor
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Incremental loading with APIs

Dear Support, My customer is using AFAS. From this tool they load data into TimeXtender with an API. They have a wish to load the data from AFAS incrementally in the ODX. Is it possible to load incrementally from an API to the ODX server and what are your suggestions to start with? Best regards, Christian Koeken

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Thomas Lind
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jermaine.cotinoExplorer
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Unable to use custom data selection rule on ODX table in a DSA mapping

Dear all, We have tx instaled on Azure and on premise. The version we are using is 20.10.52.64. how is it possible that on the onpremise we can use the custom data selection rule and on Azure this screen is not appearing in the DSA? The issue we are facing is that we want to limit that data we want to load in the odx when the raw table is being executed. Therefore we want to set a customized data selection tule on the mappings. Why this option is not in Azure but it is there on the on premise? We want to load / keep all data in the odx server and make a data selection rule in the DSA.. Imagine we are migrating from on premise and we want to show only 15 months of data instead of 10 years. Only if the customer is asking for it we will load it. This is working on the on premise perfectly. Now that we are migrating from on premise to azure we are missing the most used data selection rule. And the advised work around

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Thomas Lind
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businessintelligenceExplorer
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Error loading project - Item with same key has already been added

Hi, I get this error while loading the latest version of a project. I also tried to load an ealier version of the project, but was not allowed to save it as the latest - getting the same error. What should I do? - Gabrielle

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jermaine.cotinoExplorer
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DSA mapping is not showing the source names of the odx in the field mappings

See the screenshot. in the mapping you can see all odx sources with the correct name (ODX(BEBOO1): bronze.blueyonder_wms.DSCMST. However when I go the the field mapping The name for each source is now called local host???? For trouble shooting purposes when missing a mapping. It will create a work around for us, because we have to click on the table to see all mappings on the right side then you have to go on be by one. why the name have changed on a the field mapping? possible to have a fix for this?

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MaarsenStarter
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The best way for keys

Hi all, I'm looking at making the right keys in our database model. I've been reading some topics on the forum but haven't found a shared opinion on the best practice. Super natural keys Advantage: Easy to use. Disadvantage Huge performance impact. According to some topics reloads can increase in time from 3 till 30 minutes. Their are relations in reloading the tables in the correct sequence. TX will calculate this sequence, however their is an increased change of circle references. Hashed Keys Advantage: Easy to use. Should be faster than SNK. It doesn't need a look up to the keystore. Disadvantage: Change on duplication of keyus is limited to a minimum Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/297960/hash-collision-what-are-the-chances Look up DW_Id from different tables Advantage: Able to make all joins on last layer. Easy to use. BIGINT in keys, is better than VARCHARS in keys. Disadvantage: It will cost the simple mode in transfering data from data area X to Y Concat values (joi

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Thomas Lind
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aftabpProblem Solver
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Data capture with multiple API-endpoints

Hi, Has anyone worked with API from Energinet? I need some help extracing data from Energinet. Energinet delivers data with multiple endpoints. It starts with https://www.energinet.net/api/unit which gives me this [ { "unit_id": "1234ABCDfolder", "name": "My Company", "links": { "info": { "verb": "GET", "href": "/api/unitinfo/1234ABCDfolder" }, "drilldown": { "verb": "GET", "href": "/api/unit/1234ABCDfolder" } }, "datasources": [] }] Now, i have to drill down to get some info: https://www.energinet.net/api/unit/1234ACDfolder [ { "unit_id": 1Afolder", "name": "Company1", "links": { "info": { "verb": "GET", "href": "/api/unitinfo/1Afolder" }, "drilldown": { "verb": "GET", "href": "/api/unit/1Afolder" } }, "datasources": [] }, { "unit_id": "1Bfolder", "name": "Company2", "links": { "info": { "verb": "GET", "href": "/api/unitinfo/1Bfolder" }, "drilldown": { "verb": "GET", "href": "/api/unit/1Bfolder" } }, "datasources": [] }, { "unit_id": "1Cfolder", "name": "Company3", "links": { "info":

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BennyContributor
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Why do datatypes in the Raw table change with the Valid?

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

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Christian Hauggaard
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truttafiskerParticipant
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Importing new data .. what to do ?

hi there I 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 ?

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FenchContributor
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Table in ODX doesn't populate despite Override Data Type

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.

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Paul BridgeContributor
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ODX Notifications Configured and Tested Successfully But Fail to Receive Email With Failure

Hi I 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: 6675.2 TX: 6698.1

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devin.tiemens
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devin.tiemensTimeXtender Xpert
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Execution Unknown/Running

Hi, We are facing the (known) error of Execution status Unknown/Running. After a few months of no problems. We are currently on version: 6284.1 In TimeXtender Classic I always fixed this by deleting the log rule in the Repository Administration, but in TimeXtender Data Integrator, this is not possible anymore, causing the next schedules to not execute anymore. I restarted the execution service and deleted the corresponding TimeXtender task via Task manager. Anyone knows if this is enough to let the next execution run succesfull? Or knows how to delete this unknown/runnign execution log rule? Regards, Devin

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Thomas Lind
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dpjatContributor
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Error: Data source mappings failed validation prior to odx data source update

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

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boyclaesen
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boyclaesenContributor
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CSV provider fails after upgrade to 24.0.8963.0

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

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boyclaesen
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aftabpProblem Solver
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Execution jobs and Supernatural Keys

I have two questions: Why does it take logner for en Execution-job to run when trigged manually as compare to when it runs on schedule? I have an execution job which runs in 8 mins on schedual. When i run it manually it takes 16-25 minutes to run. I have a couple of supernatural keys in my keystore in DSA. There has been a change in a table that creates one of these keys. The question is: When an execution package is run, does it also updates the supernatural key? Lets say my supernatural key is based on ACCOUNT_NR and CLIENT_ID. Someone in the accounts deparment changes the ACCOUNT_NR column. What is the recocmended method to update my supernatural key? If i reset a supernatural keys, is it enough to just deply that key and then execute and deploy the tables that key is used in, or do i have to deploy the whole keystore?

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BennyContributor
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REST API Endpoint how and when do changes become visible?

Hello, I am trying to get a better understanding of the workings of the REST API Endpoint we can add to a semantic model. Specifically what certain actions do withing the whole framework. I'll sketch my case below: We have configured and deployed a working API Endpoint that contains a table Currency_Rates (From_code, To_code, Date). The endpoint is called api-endpoint and the the webserver is called webserver-endpoint. We have everything working properly: so we can successfully make the following request: R1 = <URL>/api-endpoint/data/Currency_Rates?$Top=2&$OrderBy=Date desc. Now I change the name of the date column: Date → Curr_date. This means, I would now like to start using R2 = <URL>/api-endpoint/data/Currency_Rates?$Top=2&$OrderBy=Curr_date desc. Furthermore I would expect R1 to return with an error. Now please consider the following actions: Deploying the instance/endpoint (← nothing to deploy according to TX) Saving the instance (as the deployed version) Clicking the “request to

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Thomas Lind
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truttafiskerParticipant
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Trying to add a new custom field based on an already exsisting value

Hi again I have a table with the following values: I want to add the [No] from the first line (101) to all the other lines .. therefor I thought of making a SQL like this the following. I ​​​​​​Why is it my nested Select doesn’t work ?? or are there a smarter way than what I thought of doing ?

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aftabpProblem Solver
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The selected deployemnt does not contain all needed objects

I often get this pop-up when i Execute a table or a view. It could be either a new table/view or an existing.I get it in DSA and MDW. Dont remember getting it in ODXWhy do i get it?What happens when i click on Yes? What happens when i click on No?

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gisliheiStarter
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Job stuck with state Waiting

how is it possible to have the job stuck with status “waiting”, and if I try to manually run the job, I get the error “job is already queued“i’m running TX version 6675

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devin.tiemens
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karabom91Visitor
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SSAS Tabular Endpoint Porcessing

Hi Everyone, I have a question. We have a Tabular Endpoint set up in our TX Semantic Layer, and I would like to know what type of Tabular Endpoint Processing it uses by default: Process Full Process Data Process Recalc Process Add Process Clear Process Defrag Process Update Process Structure Process Default Additionally, is there a way to select the type of processing it should use? Thank you!

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Christian Hauggaard
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truttafiskerParticipant
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Many-to-many relation or distinct data selection

Hi alleI’m all new to timextender so please bare with me .. I have 2 tables which I have to join but there are duplicate values in both tables .. in one of the tables it’s ok if I somehow made an distinct data selection to it .. but I don’t know how .. I also looked into making a bridge table, but that wouldn’t at first hand solve my problem .. Do anyone have a sugestion on how I could/should make a relationship between these to tables or how I could make a data selection rule that somehow made an “group by” or “distinct” selection ?

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rory.smith
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avanrijn
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avanrijnContributor
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The expected ODX instance id does not match the active ODX instance id....

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.Engine TimeXtender.ODX.Engine.ODXFaultException at TimeXtender.ODX.Engine.ODXEngine.SendServiceRequest[C](WcfServerSettin

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BennyContributor
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Why can't I add view to a REST API endpoint?

I configured a REST API endpoint. It woks as expected as long as I only add tables from my MDW to the endpoint. However, any views I add to the instance in TX are not visible through the API. They do not show up in the /swagger nor can I query data from them nor can I find any mention of then in the webserver configuration. Why is that?

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Paul BridgeContributor
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Issue with Scheduled Job Executions

Hi Following an upgrade to the latest version of TimeXtender (6675.2) on one of our customers environments I have since had 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; Rerunning the [TimeXtender Execution Server Configuration 6675.2] tool has since resolved this particular issue but I still have issues with the scheduled jobs. I have also deleted and recreated the problematic jobs but this did not resolve the issue. Running the jobs manually work fine. Please advise on next steps

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Roy V
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Roy VProblem Solver
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Job waiting for running job to finish?

Ik have one job running and then started a second job manually. However for some reason the second jobs keep waiting. The both run on the same execution server but why does not it start a second job. Is there a setting which prevents the second job from starting or happens this only if you start multiple jobs manually?

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andrew.gebhard
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