Data Ingestion is the process of streaming-in massive amounts of data into the system from different external sources for running analytics and other operations required by the business.
Click the Ingestion tab to view and manage Data Ingestion Settings including Indexer and Processing.
Indexer | Description | Default |
Enabled | Enable/disable file analysis and processing (files will queue) | Enabled |
Allowed Route Failures | Enter Number of sequential failures a route can have before being disabled | 3 |
Processing | ||
Enabled | Enable/disable file analysis and processing (files will queue) | Enabled |
Enable Smart Types | Enable/disable smart detection of Output Schemas | Disabled |
Forgive Non-Zero PGP Exit Enabled | If enabled, PGP decryption will continue on ERROR and if an output is produced. Enable at your own risk. | Empty |
Enable Pre-Processing Hook | Enable a pre-processing script to customize file formatting, encoding or content | Disabled |
Force Processing of Duplicates | Duplicates will be processed as normal files with only a warning. Requires user to set ‘duplicate’ as Type and mark as ‘Done’ in order to move file through the process. Note that if this feature is activated, the Progress Duplicates feature becomes unavailable (even if previously checked). Also, note that if you force process a parent, the children will force process as well. | Disabled |
Copy Parent Tags | Copy a parent’s custom attributes to all of it’s derived child files (applies to file only) | Disabled |
Virtual Files: Change Owner | Allow users to change the owner when creating virtual files | Disabled |
Excel: Do Not Process Hidden Tabs | Set this to true to disable processing of hidden Excel tabs | Disabled |
Split Large Files: Minimum | Minimum Bytes/Records to Split. Set this to 0 to disable splitting files. | Blank |
Global Output Schema Mappings | Allows the use of a Regex pattern and a qualifier for a global output schema | Blank |
Be sure to click the Save button for each Ingestion Setting where entries or changes have been made.