Renaming of columns in Datasets without destroying cards
Dear Domo-Crowd,
we are starting a project to rename measures and dimensions in our datasets. Basically we need to clean up our measure/dimension-namings. As Domo-Cards use the names of the measures/dimensions as identifications, this would screw up all our cards. I was wondering if anyone in this community already went through this process and can share his experience?
This is the procedure, that we we want to go for:
1. Create new datasets with the final measure/dimension-names and a mapping from old_measure/dimensions -> new_measure/dimensikon
2. Download the json-files for all cards via API and change the datasource and apply old_measure_name -> new_measure_name.
3. Upload the changed cards to the Pages.
-> We did a similar process already and experienced problems with breaking different formats in the cards (sorts, filters, colours...). To avoid this the next time I am currently "studying" the JSON-file, which is created via API "backup-card" to find out where and how all information is stored.
I was not able to find any further documentation on these JSON-files, if someone has more knowledge about or can share some documentation with me, he would made my day.
So, I would be interested if someone had the same issue and solved it differently.
Or if someone of you already went through an intense studying of the JSON-file from "back-up card" and can share his findings.
Thanks a lot!
Comments
-
that would be the method.
one thing you could consider, is create a DatasetView that sits between your dataset and the cards, and treat the view as a 'semantic layer' (friendly spellings etc.) that way if you ever change the underlying dataset then you just have to update the view instead of the dataset.
also, it is a pita to migrate 'all the cards' so maybe earmark just cards that are actually being used / viewed. it may be a pain to set up this monitoring / governance datasets / reporting, but it'll minimize the work you have to do AND give you tools moving forward to archive / manage old content
Jae Wilson
Check out my 🎥 Domo Training YouTube Channel 👨💻
**Say "Thanks" by clicking the ❤️ in the post that helped you.
**Please mark the post that solves your problem by clicking on "Accept as Solution"0
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.8K Product Ideas
- 1.8K Ideas Exchange
- 1.5K Connect
- 1.2K Connectors
- 297 Workbench
- 6 Cloud Amplifier
- 8 Federated
- 2.9K Transform
- 100 SQL DataFlows
- 614 Datasets
- 2.2K Magic ETL
- 3.8K Visualize
- 2.5K Charting
- 729 Beast Mode
- 53 App Studio
- 40 Variables
- 678 Automate
- 173 Apps
- 451 APIs & Domo Developer
- 46 Workflows
- 8 DomoAI
- 34 Predict
- 14 Jupyter Workspaces
- 20 R & Python Tiles
- 394 Distribute
- 113 Domo Everywhere
- 275 Scheduled Reports
- 6 Software Integrations
- 121 Manage
- 118 Governance & Security
- Domo Community Gallery
- 32 Product Releases
- 10 Domo University
- 5.4K Community Forums
- 40 Getting Started
- 30 Community Member Introductions
- 108 Community Announcements
- 4.8K Archive