Scheduled updates on the server allow you to specify that the data for an analysis should be updated and pre-loaded at a certain time. This may improve the loading time for an analysis.
However, an analysis may contain data from several different data sources and all may not contain the same type of information. Some data sources are shared data tables that only need reloading at specified, scheduled times, whereas others need to be reloaded on a per-user level (e.g., when using personalized data connections).
If your analysis contains several different data sources and only some of them should be affected by the scheduled update, you can specify which data tables to exclude from the scheduled update and instead be reloaded each time a user opens the analysis.
To reach the Data Table Properties dialog:
On the menu bar, select Data > Data table properties.
Click on the Scheduled Updates tab.
Option |
Description |
Data
tables |
Lists the data tables available within the document. The names of the data tables in this list are the names that will be shown in the data table selectors, in the legends of visualizations, etc. You cannot have two data tables with identical names in the same analysis. |
Rename |
Allows you to change the display name of the selected data table. Tip: You can also change the data table name in the Data Canvas. |
Reload
Data |
Reloads the data for the selected data tables from the sources, if sources are available. This is a way to refresh the data for one or more data tables while analyzing, without having to reload the entire file. See Embedded or Linked Data? for more details about reloading. You can select to either reload Linked data only, which reloads all linked data sources with the data loading settings Always new data or New data when possible, or All data which reloads all sources that are possible to reload, including Stored data and Embedded data (when applicable). Note: If a data table is loaded on demand or calculated using a data function you need to click OK in the Data Table Properties dialog to actually start the data reload. |
Delete |
Removes the selected data tables from the analysis. Any visualizations that use a deleted data table will become invalid. You cannot delete all data tables; see Replacing a Data Table or Replacing a Data Source instead. |
Set
as Default |
Sets the selected data table to be the default data table. The default data table is used when new visualizations are created, unless you have just interacted with the Data in analysis flyout, in which case the data table selected in the Data in analysis flyout is used. You can always change the data table to use in a specific visualization from the Data page in Visualization Properties or from the Data table selector in the legend. |
Reload
the following data for each user |
Lists all source data tables contributing to the data table selected in the Data tables field at the top of the dialog. (If you have inserted additional columns or rows to a data table there may be more than one source table contributing to the data table.) Select the check box for data tables that should be reloaded for each user. All data sources with a check mark will be excluded from the scheduled update specified for the analysis and always reloaded when the analysis is opened by a new user. Note: In order to preload any data for the analysis you must set up a scheduled update on the server. Click on the link at the bottom of the dialog to do this. |
Configure
scheduled updates for this analysis in the library |
Shows a link to your server where you can set up scheduled updates for the analysis. Note that the settings in this dialog will have no effect unless a scheduled update has been set up for the analysis on the server. |
Copy
Link |
Allows you to copy the link so you can paste it in a web browser. |