Appendix : Operators : Data source operators : MZNG Explorer
MZNG Explorer
Extract data from a MashZone NextGen Explorer analysis. The operator can be used for the integration of MashZone NextGen Explorer in MashZone NextGen.
The operator is not provided in the data source operators tree by default. The Operator is only available in dashboards and data feeds published in MashZone NextGen Explorer. Details on how to publish dashboards in MashZone NextGen Explorer can be found in the MashZone NextGen Explorer User Guide.
See also Displaying MashZone NextGen Explorer analyses in MashZone NextGen.
The following parameters are available.
Parameters
Description
Source
Data from a MashZone NextGen Explorer analysis.
URL: HTTP address for the source file. If another operator dynamically supplies the URL, the URL cannot be edited here. You can copy the URL of the analysis created in MashZone NextGen Explorer to clipboard. See MashZone NextGen Explorer documentation for details.
URL alias: Alias of a URL configuration. Only URL aliases for that you have the Usage privilege are available. Select a URL alias. See Manage URL aliases for details.
Path prefix (alias):
Path prefix (alias): Alias of the resource directory with the path to a directory on the MashZone NextGen Explorer server. Select an alias of the local resource directory.
Available for Local file and URL alias as source.
Insert parameter ()
Inserts user defined input parameters at cursor position. The button is only clickable if at least one user input parameter, e.g., Text user input, has already been inserted in the feed definition.
Parameter options ()
Enables you to set input parameter options
Refresh rate ()
Specifies the time until the source file is read in again. Default value is 12 h.
Authentication
Specifies a HTTP basic access authentication or an existing authentication defined in the MashZone NextGen administration.
User name and password are required for accessing the source file.
HTTP headers
Adds HTTP headers to the URL
Parameter: Detect
Reads out the parameter of the data source automatically. The requested parameters list will be displayed. You can connect other operators, e.g., user defined input parameters, for an dynamic value assignment. Or you can enter constant parameter values. The assigned or entered values must be of type TEXT, NUMERIC, and DATE.
Configure columns
Configures the columns list. Unselect a column for excluding it from the result data. Entering a New name for a column will cause that to be used instead of the original column name in the result. Clicking Reset columns will reload the column list from the data source and undo all changes in the list.
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