hi GD team - is there a tutorial on how to add dat...
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Hesseltje van Goor
07/12/2022, 4:31 PMhi GD team - is there a tutorial on how to add dates from an existing SQL table to a pre-existing model? I have worked out how to add a new attribute to the model even after the model was published and the relationships set up, but I am struggling a bit with dates as I don't know what to put in the URN: box. For context, here's a new date I would like to add that we didn't have in this table previously:
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Tomas Muchka
07/12/2022, 8:34 PMHello @Hesseltje van Goor I would propose to try one of the following options to add a date dimension into existing dataset.
Option A
Export your table into a CSV file and drop this file into the model. Update from a CSV file allows to select an existing dataset which should be modified. This functionality is currently not supported in case of modeling from databases.
Tomas Muchka
07/12/2022, 8:38 PMOption B
1. Create a new date dimension by dragging it into the model.
2. Then connect this date into the dataset which contains the date column in your database.
3. In the load configuration tab of the dataset that contains the date column, fix the missing mapping. Map the field to a proper table column.
4. Publish your changes - a reload of data will be required.
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Hesseltje van Goor
07/14/2022, 1:43 PMThank you Tomas - I will try your approach.
Hesseltje van Goor
07/14/2022, 2:28 PMTomas, your 2nd example solved the issue 100%. It also helped me realise that GD doesn't need to clone the naming in our DB precisely. Thank you for this.
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Tomas Muchka
07/14/2022, 2:29 PMIām glad it worked according to the expectations.
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