Advanced Guide: Updating the Advanced Settings for a datasource
Overview
The Advanced Settings for a datasource gives you more control over how your data is being imported into Alli.
Instructions
To update the Advanced Settings for a datasource, navigate to the datasource configuration page.

Open the Advanced Settings panel and make any changes you need. Click Save in the lower left of the screen to save the changes.

Advanced Settings Configuration Options
Current Owner: Indicates who can make updates to the datasource and what email will receive notifications about the datasource.
Tags: Indicates which tags are applied to the datasource. More can be added or removed.
Description: Indicates what this data is being used for.
Status: Indicates the current status of the datasource.
Active: The datasource is importing data on the automated schedule.
Inactive: The datasource is not importing data on the automated schedule.
Deleted: Deletes the datasource from Alli.
Schedule: Indicates the cadence of data imports.
Default: The datasource is importing data on the normal automated schedule.
Real Time: The datasource is importing data on an hourly cadence.
Data Location: The location of where the data is being imported. This can be it’s own table or an existing table.
CSV Delimiter: The symbol Alli should use to parse CSV files, if applicable.
New Uploads: The mechanism for how Alli will insert data into the Data Location.
Add and update: Alli will add any new rows or update any existing rows based on the datasources dimensions and attributes.
Replace: Alli will replace the entire existing table’s data with the new data on each import.
Replace date range: Alli will delete and replace data for each date within the new data on each import. Requires a date column for the datasource.
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