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Go to Analytics > Data Manager > Data Sources from the main menu.
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2. Review what type of the Data Sources are available in the current setup, you can use the “Add Source” button to create a new data source.
Note: For now, this will be an overview only step, no actions required.
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3. Open the Product Data Source and review available fields and columns. Notice each field is defined with specific data type and measurement. Here you can add an individual field or a group of fields using the buttons on the top-right area.
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The columns in the data source:
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Note: When you need to synchronize the data with the Master Data tables (if there were any updates), the “Sync Meta Data” will be then used. As soon as any changes have been done to the Data Source structure, it should be always deployed to the server by the “Deploy” action. Once the changes are deployed, there will be a database sign in the column “Deployment”.
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Add Field – allows the addition of a new data field into the Data Source.
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Deploy – helps to save and activate the Data Source. As soon as the Data Source is deployed, the Data Feed and Data Load are automatically generated.
4. To see what type of data is included into the data source, navigate to the “Data” tab on the top left corner. This section displays the “actual” data stored in the fields.
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5. In the standard business cases after updating the data source, you will need to perform a data load action, to load the data itself into the Data Source. For that you will need to go to Analytics > Data Manager > Data Load from the main menu.
Note: For now, this will be an overview only step, no actions required.
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6. In order to perform the data load, you will need to find the relevant data source with type “internal copy” (for master data tables) or “flush” (for uploaded externally files), click on the Product label for the data loads.
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7. To perform the new data loading, you must click on the “Run Data Load” button. Click OK in the confirmation message.
Note: For now, this will be an overview only step, no actions required.
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8. After the data load, you will need to go back to Data Sources and verify whether the data has been correctly loaded. You will be able to see records loaded in the “# Rows” column.
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9. You can follow up the previous steps and review Customer and TXStandardData data sources and how are they setup.
Note: For now, this will be an overview only step, no actions required.
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Datamarts
A Datamart is essentially a way to join the two or more sets of data to allow you to run queries, set prices, create charts, and optimize your pricing across both sets of data.
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