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Data sources: Saving XML Custom Mapping 'Template'??

Jamie_Lambert — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 05:51:35 -0400

I’ve got a data block in Omniscope looking at a URL query in xml, and I'm wondering if there's a way to save a custom mapping layout as a 'template', or something similar.

Every day we run this API and some days map fine, but other days Omniscope struggles to correctly parse the results and omits columns of data that we need. I think this is probably because the URL query changes slightly each day- it’s not one, set URL because part of the URL changes with a daily “job ID” code. The data / response is in the exact same layout day to day. We’ve experimented with unticking the auto-recognise options under Parsing and haven’t yet found a combination that consistently works across different daily queries.

We can go in and edit the custom mapping to re-tell Omniscope how to correctly lay out the data, but are hoping there’s a way to ‘save’ these settings to work across daily requests rather than having them erased each time a new URL is entered and having to manually tick the checkboxes for row, column etc. So, essentially, my question is; Can we save our custom mapping layout as a template to apply across URL queries which, although they technically change daily, are all consistent in layout?

Scheduler: creating XML Actions files in file output?

andy_white — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 07:43:57 -0500

Hi guys,

In earlier versions of 2.7 it was possible to have a file output block that would create an xml file. This was basically just a straight text output so we could have a data manager setup that would batch append a number of files and then a field organiser that would create a number of small xml scheduler processes that would move the files into a "processed" folder. It seems in the recent versions of 2.7 and definitely in 2.8 this is much more complex (the xml output options put a number of preformatting in the output and doesn't pass "<" or ">" chars) - can we have this back as an option!!

Thanks!

Scheduler: XML Actions file options?

andy_white — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:27:23 -0400

Hi guys - Apologies if this already exists elsewhere in the forum, I had a quick search and couldn't find it. A couple of questions:

Is it possible to create an XML Actions task script that will create multiple files (so for example, open a source file, refresh it, save it with a new location as an IOM, then save it with a different new location as a domain locked IOK)?

Secondly, is it possible to have the option to pass a specific empty IOK template file/location within an XML Action script, so (with the above example) open a source file, refresh it, save it with a new location as an IOM, using an empty template file developed from a different source?

Andy

Sources: XML data import wizard?

chris — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:06:10 -0500

At the moment when you try and open an XML file in Omniscope you need to specify a XSL document to allow Omniscope convert the XML to the correct format. It would be much more user friendly if Omniscope allowed you to configure the XML import inside the dialog, by allowing you to specify the row element, columns etc. This would only work for simple XML files but would mean you wouldn't have to create an XSL file for each distinct XML document you wanted to open.

Scheduler: Setting Task Time-outs?

benjamin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:37:38 -0500

Is there any way on the Omniscope Scheduler to stop XMLs droppped into the Scheduler if they take longer then a fixed time period to run?

I know there is an option in the Scheduler that automates the XML Actions file, however if you drop the xml into the Scheduler manually or through a separate automated file writing process.. Is there a piece of code I can add to the XML Actions file itself to stop the task if it takes longer than a fixed time? Thanks - Ben