General

General

What are Snapshots used for?
When fields are discovered DSF creates a database that is completely separate from your actual physical database. Snapshots are simply backups of the DS...
Thu, 20 Jun, 2019 at 9:48 AM
What database access rights do I need?
Read access to your physical database is the only permission required to utilize the benefits of DSF. The minimum requirement for a Viewer User is READ ...
Wed, 26 Jun, 2019 at 11:11 AM
How do I use DSF with my current reporting tool?
All third party BI visualization and reporting tools can access a Database View as their data source. After creating a new View in DSF simply select Publis...
Thu, 20 Jun, 2019 at 3:57 PM
The Discovery option mapped my database but the results look wrong?
Data Discovery relies on many objects found in your database. Views, Foreign Key Constraints, etc. Sometimes the objects in your database can be incorrect. ...
Thu, 20 Jun, 2019 at 12:06 PM
How can I link data from multiple databases?
ADVANCED TOPIC Linking data from multiple databases is an advanced database discussion that would normally be beyond the scope of DSF. There are man...
Wed, 4 Sep, 2019 at 10:31 AM
Why can't I see any new data columns that were added to my database?
DSF doesn't automatically re-discover new data from a database unless it's told to do so. To see new data columns added to a database, the datab...
Mon, 24 Jun, 2019 at 2:57 PM
Where can I get the latest version of the system?
Click here to download the latest version.
Tue, 2 Apr, 2019 at 8:19 AM
How do I exclude View columns from publishing?
You may want to exclude a View column from being published if you are filtering on a column that you don't need on your external report. To accomplish ...
Wed, 26 Jun, 2019 at 10:16 AM