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DesNaidoo
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5 years ago
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Template App: Sample data refresh

Good day,   I've created a template app in the service that connects to an ODATA API to retrieve the data. This is a basic app that contains only two reports. The app dataset is refreshed every mor...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Hi DesNaidoo,

    This should be based on your app sample data source configurations. If they are designed based on imported static values, these sample data should not update.
    If you are keeping the connection to the data source, configure and enable the scheduler refresh on it, it should update daily.

    I do not so recommend you to design a template app with the sample data source. (normally the underlying data source connections should be fully parametrized with query parameters, users who get APP try to use it will be asked to input their connections and credentials for app source initialization. they worked as 'connector app')
    Regards,

    Xiaoxin Sheng

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Anonymous
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5 years ago

Hi DesNaidoo,

How did you design the app? Have you configured the filter in your odata connector to use the system locale time to get the last records or just setting the static date value in it?

Odata URL Conventions 

DateTime.LocalNow 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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DesNaidoo
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5 years ago

Hi Anonymous ,

When the customer connects the app to their own data, it all works fine and the latest data is refreshed. 

My question is around the sample data that is included with the app, the sample data does not refresh. So if a new customer installs the app from appsource, before he connects to his own data, is there any way that the sample data thats included with the app be up to date? The dataset that the app is built on is refreshed daily with sample data.

 

Cheers,

Des

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    5 years ago

    Hi DesNaidoo,

    This should be based on your app sample data source configurations. If they are designed based on imported static values, these sample data should not update.
    If you are keeping the connection to the data source, configure and enable the scheduler refresh on it, it should update daily.

    I do not so recommend you to design a template app with the sample data source. (normally the underlying data source connections should be fully parametrized with query parameters, users who get APP try to use it will be asked to input their connections and credentials for app source initialization. they worked as 'connector app')
    Regards,

    Xiaoxin Sheng