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Manage Sources

The Manage Sources screen appears when you click on Data Sources from the Manager.




Description:

Use Manage Sources to manage the data sources that have been added to the platform using Source Builder.

FieldDescription
Source nameName of the Data Source.
Date/TimeDate and time of source ingestion.
State

State of the data source.

Saved: The data source has been saved, but requires further modification before it can be Tested and Published.

Published: The data source has been successfully tested and published. Documents are generated and queries will return data to the visualizations.

Suspended: The data source has been suspended. Related documents are no longer returned to queries or visualizations.

OwnerUser that is assigned as owner to the Data Source.
OriginInternal or External. For more information see....
Data GroupData Group to which the data source belongs.
Actions

List of potential actions to be performed, depending on the data source "state."

Edit: Edit a source for re-publishing.

Republish: After making changes to the data source, re-publish the source so that the changes will be reflected in queries and visualizations.

Test: Test the source to ensure that it is formatted properly and returns the desired results.

Delete: Delete the data source from the platform.

View: View the source without editing capabilities.

 

View/Edit Data Source

The following fields, or a subset of these fields, are displayed when you click on View or Edit.



FieldDescription
Source Title

Source title.

Data GroupAssociated Data Group.
TagsDescriptive tags.
Media TypeSelected Media Type.
DescriptionDescription of the data source.
Data OriginInternal/External. For more information, see Data Sources.

Toggle JSON/JS Editor (if applicable)

JSON: This is the full source including all fields.

JS: The global script that all other elements can use - all of the logic can be written in here as separate functions, and then the scriptlets in other pipeline elements can be simple calls to these functions, to maximize the maintainability of the code in the source.

ValidateValidates any changes made in the JSON editor.
Scrub

Scrubs the JSON editor.

When copying an existing source into the New Source window, the existing source should be "scrubbed" first. Scrubbing sources removes all fields added by the server after publishing, just retaining the actual ingest logic. It should be used before copying/templating.

RevertReverts the JSON code to its original state.
Test Source

Select the amount of source documents that should be included in the test. Less verbose tests can often yield more usable results.

Possible settings:

1, 10, 20.

Full TextEnable/disable the document full text to be returned during testing. Full text can often be quite long and cumbersome for testing purposes.
Update Test Mode

Setting which enables/disables test mode to check the database to see if documents already exist.

This enables additional logic to be setup elsewhere in the source pipeline for testing eg. compare old and new sources, ignore sources older than N days etc.

 

Test SourceClick to Test the Source.
Save SourceClick to Save the source without publishing.
Publish SourceClick to Publish the source. The source will be ingested by the platform and returned to queries and visualizations.
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Data Sources