Data Sources Page
The Data Sources page allows you to review and maintain your Zoomdata data source definitions.
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You must be logged in as an administrator to see the Data Sources page. |
The Data Sources page has four basic sections:
- The Import Data Source Configuration link allows you to import a data source configuration from another Zoomdata instance. See Importing a Data Source Configuration.
- The Add a New Data Source section allows you to add a new data source configuration. See Defining a Data Source Configuration.
- The My Data Sources table lists and allows you to maintain your previously defined data source configurations. See The My Data Sources Table. You can add edit, enable, disable, download, and delete data source configurations in this section.
- The Manage Connections link allows you to manage data source connection definitions you have used. See xxx
To access the Data Sources page:
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Log into Zoomdata as an administrator and from the Settings menu, click Sources.
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Click
(Settings menu) and the select Sources.
The My Data Sources Table
The table in the My Data Sources section can be used to edit, enable, disable, download, and delete data source configurations you have defined. You can also clear the cache for a data source configuration.
Each column in the table is described below. The Type, Data Source name, Connection, and Enabled columns are sortable.
Column |
Description |
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Type | Displays an icon identifying the type of data source. |
Data Source Name |
Lists the name assigned the data source configuration. For flat file data sources, you can upload additional files or clear the data. |
Connection | Lists the data source connection used to connect to the external data source. |
Cache | Identifies the type of caching (if any) occurring for the data source configuration. ![]() |
Clear Cache | Allows you to clear the data cache for this data source configuration. Click ![]() |
Enabled |
Allows you to enable or disable a data source configuration. Select the checkbox in this column to enable the data source configuration. When a data source configuration is disabled, no charts can be created using it. Before you disable a configuration, you must remove all the saved charts that are using it. See Enabling and Disabling a Data Source Configuration. |
Download | Allows you to export the data source configuration as a JSON file. Select![]() |
Delete | Allows you to delete a data source configuration. Click ![]() |