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Auto-update input source from feature layer on schedule

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09-20-2024 09:19 AM
AndrewRudin1
Frequent Contributor

Please add an option in Real-time Analytics that allows an input data source from a hosted feature layer to auto-refresh on a schedule.  

In my example. I have a feed of data from a data source. I then need to join on information from a hosted feature layer.  The hosted feature layer gets updated once every night from an ETL operation.  This community article (Link) confirms that the real-time analytics only uses data in the source input when the analytic is started... meaning the data could be days, weeks, or months old if the analytic is stable and never needs to be restarted.  I'd prefer not to have to log in and manually restart the analytic daily for the join table info to update

It would be great if there was an extra option on the Source -> Feature Layer configuration window that would allow the user to define a refresh interval in hours or days.  Going one step further, I think some feature layers have a property that says the last timestamp when the data was refreshed, so it might be possible for the Analytics to ping that timestamp on an interval and only ingest the refreshed data when it determines the source has changed.

 

Thank you

1 Comment
PeterNasuti
Status changed to: Under Consideration

Thanks @AndrewRudin1 for logging this. This enhancement is currently under consideration on the Velocity side whether we want to add this capability to sources within a real-time analytic.

In the meantime, please configure the secondary/join dataset as a Feature layer feed and you can set an hourly refresh (or greater) to update the data periodically.