Data Visualization Jobs
The following sections provide information about the parameters and attributes of jobs that work with Data Visualization platforms and services.
IBM Cognos Job
The following table describes the IBM Cognos job type attributes.
Attribute |
Description |
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Connection Profile |
Defines the connection profile for the job. Rules:
For more information about creating a local connection profile for this job, see Creating a connection profile. |
Jobs/Reports |
Defines the path and name of the job that you want to run. Rules:
Variable Name: %%JOBNAME |
Location |
Defines the path and name of the job that you want to run in a readable format. Rules:
Variable Name: %%COGNOS-LOCATION |
Type |
Defines the type of job, which can be job, report, or reportView. Rule: Case sensitive Variable Name: %%COGNOS-TYPE |
Prompt Values |
Determines the values of the IBM Cognos prompt in the selected report or reportView as follows:
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Burst the report |
Defines if the report is run as a burst report. Variable Name: %%COGNOS-BURST_REPORT |
Output Handling |
Defines what Control-M does with the IBM Cognos job output. |
Format |
Determines the report output format in one or more of the following options:
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Delivery |
Defines the Save Report Attributes, File System Attributes, Data Visualization Jobs. |
Save Report Attributes
The following table describes the attributes that define where Control-M saves the IBM Cognos report.
Attribute |
Description |
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Enabled |
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Save report to Cognos server |
Determines whether the report is saved to the Cognos server or as a report view, as follows:
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Name |
Defines the report view name when As Report View is selected. Rule: Case sensitive. Variable Name: %%COGNOS-DEST-SAVE_REPORT-VIEW_NAME |
Location |
Defines the report view location when As Report View is selected. Rule: Case sensitive. Variable Name: %%COGNOS-DEST-SAVE_REPORT-VIEW_LOCATION |
File System Attributes
The following table describes the File System attributes.
Attribute |
Description |
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Enabled |
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Location |
Defines the report archive system file location. Variable Name: %%COGNOS-DEST-FILE-DIR |
File Name |
Determines the file name, with options as follows:
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Conflict Resolution |
Determines what Control-M does when there is a conflict, with options as follows:
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Power BI Job
The Power BI job enables you to integrate Power BI workflows with your existing Control-M workflows. The following table describes Power BI job attributes.
Attribute |
Description |
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Connection profile |
Determines which connection profile to use to connect to the Power BI endpoint. |
Dataset Refresh/ Pipeline Deployment |
Determines one of the following options for execution in Power BI:
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Workspace Name |
(For Dataset) Defines a Power BI workspace where you want to refresh data. |
Workspace ID |
(For Dataset) Defines the ID for the specified Power BI workspace (defined in Group Name). |
Dataset ID |
Defines a Power BI data set that you want to refresh under the specified workspace. |
Parameters |
(For Dataset) Defines specific parameters to pass when the job runs, defined as JSON pairs of parameter name and value. For more information about available parameters, see Datasets - Refresh Dataset in the Microsoft Power BI documentation. To specify parameters, the dataset must be in Premium group. Format: {"param1":"value1", "param2":"value2"} For no parameters, specify {} Copy
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Connection Timeout |
(Optional) Determines the maximum number of seconds to wait for REST API requests to respond, before disconnecting. Default: 10 |
Status Polling Frequency |
(Optional) Determines the number of seconds to wait before checking the status of the job. Default: 10 |
Pipeline ID |
Defines the ID of a Power BI pipeline that you want to deploy to test and then to production. |
Qlik Cloud Job
Qlik Cloud supports a cloud-based ETL service, called Qlik Cloud Data Services, and allows you to visualize your data using Qlik Sense.
The following table describes the Qlik Cloud job attributes.
Field | Description |
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Connection Profile |
Defines the connection profile for the job. Rules:
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Reload Type |
Determines one of the following options to load data into the environment:
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App Name |
Defines the Qlik Sense app name, which contains one or more workspaces, called sheets. |
Print Log to Output |
Determines whether the job logs are included in the Control-M output. |
Status Polling Frequency |
Determines the number of seconds to wait before checking the status of the job. Default: 10 |
Tolerance |
Determines the number of times to rerun a job. Default: 2 |