SNAPSHOT ETL DATAFLOW

WorldWarHulk
WorldWarHulk Member
in Magic ETL

Hi Beatiful People - 

 

I was able to learn how to create a snapshot etl dataflow,

 

just a quick question,

where in the dataflow can I add a column that shows the date for the historical data and the date column for the appended data?

 

 

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  • WorldWarHulk
    WorldWarHulk Member
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    yes. or can I use the batch date for that?

  • jaeW_at_Onyx
    jaeW_at_Onyx Coach
    Answer ✓

    Ask your CSM if it's possible to pair Salesforce with UPSERT or APPEND.

    https://www.domo.com/appstore/connector/salesforce-with-upsert-connector/overview

     

    While you can use ETL to build out this pipeline, Salesforce + UPSERT would be the Domo-preferred method (as opposed to building a recursive dataflow) for building history assuming the dataset is small enough (low millions of rows) and with some updates to MagicETL, this will scale pretty nicely.

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  • GrantSmith
    GrantSmith Coach

    Hi @WorldWarHulk 

     

    It appears that the screenshot you posted is from the Knowledge base article (https://knowledge.domo.com/Prepare/DataFlow_Tips_and_Tricks/Creating_a_Recursive%2F%2FSnapshot_ETL_DataFlow) which is what I'm going off of. The way that's configured is it joins the historical with the live data and ignores / filters any historical data which exists in the live file thus you lose and information from the historical dataset.

     

    Are you wanting to keep a date of when it was first added to the dataset and another when it was last updated on the dataset?

     

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  • WorldWarHulk
    WorldWarHulk Member
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    yes. or can I use the batch date for that?

  • WorldWarHulk
    WorldWarHulk Member

    you mean to say, it will lose any data when the new data is appended? 

     

    I need a data to be appended and create a snapshot of historical data...

     

    my data comes from salesforce which doesnt store historical data... 

  • jaeW_at_Onyx
    jaeW_at_Onyx Coach
    Answer ✓

    Ask your CSM if it's possible to pair Salesforce with UPSERT or APPEND.

    https://www.domo.com/appstore/connector/salesforce-with-upsert-connector/overview

     

    While you can use ETL to build out this pipeline, Salesforce + UPSERT would be the Domo-preferred method (as opposed to building a recursive dataflow) for building history assuming the dataset is small enough (low millions of rows) and with some updates to MagicETL, this will scale pretty nicely.

    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"
  • WorldWarHulk
    WorldWarHulk Member

    subscribed to your youtube channel Onyx Reporting

  • user09742
    user09742 Member

    I'm appending daily data for historical use. Because of the size I don't want store all of the dates. I just want the last 8 days only and remove the other dates. How can I do this? I can filter for the last 8 days, but it still stores other dates data.

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