Managing Analytical Views in the User Interface

Analytical Views may be monitored and managed through the Arcadia Enterprise interface.

Availability Note. Arcadia Enterprise supports only command-line use of analytical views with BlueData, and for sequence-based analytical views. It does not provide support through ArcViz.

After familiarizing yourself with the interface, proceed to learn about the following tasks:

To navigate to the Analytical Views interface, follow these steps:

  1. On the main navigation bar, click Data.

    Click DATA on main navigation bar

    The Data view appears, open on the Datasets tab.

    Main landing page of DATA

  2. Click the Analytical Views tab.

    Accessing the List of Analytical Views
    Accessing the List of Analytical Views

  3. The list of analytical views appears.

The Analytical Views Interface

The analytical views interface provides most of the management functions for analytical views, including the definition of analytical views, described in Creating Analytical Views in User Interface.

Note the elements of this interface, in Grouped Table view:

Using the Analytical Views List Interface
Using the Analytical Views List Interface
  1. Create Analytical View

    Click the (supplemental menu) icon, and select Create Analytical View. See Creating Analytical Views in the User Interface.

  2. Filters

    The quick filters at the top of the Analytical Views interface enable you to limit the list of analytical views by Database or Table. You can also filter by status of analytical view, which lists the number of analytical views that are in a specific state. Here, all existing analytical views are in either Up to Date state, or in Need Refresh state. See Filtering Analytical Views.

  3. View Option

    You can toggle between the Grouped Table and Flat Table views:

    • Grouped Table

      All sorting is limited to the analytical views for a particular table.

    • Flat Table

      The sort applies to all selected analytical views on all databases and tables of the connection.

    Viewing Options for the Analytical Views Interface: Grouped Table and Flat Table
    Viewing Options for the Analytical Views Interface
  4. Expand/Collapse All

    In Grouped Table view, this toggle either expands all tables to show the analytical views, or collapses the list to show only the table and table-level information about analytical views. Note that each table has its own Expand/Collapse option.

  5. Select All

    You can select all analytical views at the same time, and then perform one of the available bulk actions. Note that each table and analytical view has its own selection box. Selecting a table automatically selects all of its analytical views.

  6. Bulk Actions

    After selecting analytical views, you can perform one of the bulk actions:

  7. Database & Table

    This column lists the database and base table (or logical view) over which the analytical view is defined, in the form database_name.table_name.

    Notice that in Grouped Table view, this information appears on a grey background, while the Aview Name information is on white background.

    If the table is a Logical Table, we use an LV marker.

  8. AView Name

    This columns lists the name of the analytical view, as database_name.aview_name. By default, the interface groups all analytical views by table.

    The default naming convention for aview_name is .av_n_ds_m, where n is the sequential order in which the analytical views are created, and m is the id of the dataset.

    Notice that in Grouped Table view, this information appears on a white background, while the Database & Table reports the number of analytical views, on grey background.

  9. State

    The state of the specific view. Possible values are indicated by Up to date (equivalent to FRESH), Invalid, Needs refresh, and Needs initial refresh.

    In Grouped Table view, each table summarizes this information. For example, default.historical_queries lists the count of 4 on a green square, which corresponds to Up to date, and 1 on an amber square, which corresponds to Needs Refresh.

  10. AV Strength

    This column communicates the relative quality of the analytical view, using a 5-star rating system. See Score Detail to understand how Arcadia Data rates analytical views.

  11. Next Scheduled Refresh

    For columns that have scheduled refreshing, this column indicates the time period before the next refresh.

    See Scheduling Analytical View Refresh.

  12. Last Successful Refresh

    This column indicates the relative time after the last refresh of the analytical view.

  13. Refresh Analytical View

    The icon (refresh) is available only when the analytical view is not in the Up to date state. Clicking it refreshes the analytical view.

    See Refreshing Analytical Views in the User Interface.

  14. Schedule Analytical View Refresh

    Clicking the (calendar) icon opens the Schedule Refresh modal window where you can ensure that the analytical view refreshes periodically.

    See Scheduling Analytical View Refresh.

  15. Delete Analytical View

    The (trash) icon is available at all times. Clicking it brings up the Delete confirmation modal window to confirm the removal of the analytical view.

    See Deleting Analytical Views in the User Interface.

  16. Detail

    Clicking the Detail link opens the AV Details window modal, that shows all the information about the analytical view, including Score Detail, Base Table Info, AView Info, and Aview SQL.

    See Understanding the Details of the Analytical View.

    Opening the AV Details window modal
    AV Details