How-To: Locate Source Data Used in Reporting

Overview

This guide shows how to identify the raw datasources in Alli Data that power a Certified Datasource. This is helpful when you need to modify the source – such as adding accounts, duplicating sources for QA, or troubleshooting data issues.

Exploring through Explorer

1. Navigate to Explorer page in Alli Data and click on More Info button within any Certified Datasource

2. Click on the green button at the right bottom side and View Fullscreen

3. Enter the model name (make sure to keep the + before the name), select Models and Sources, and click on Update Graph

4. Green squares represent the datasources

• {platform}_insights_xxxxx will provide metrics

• {platform}_settings / structure_xxxxx will provide dimensions

Filtering by tags

1. Navigate to datasources page in Alli Data by selecting Reporting → Sources

2. Under the search bar, look for any tags that correspond to ALLI-DATA-LIBRARY, {PLATFORM} and select them based on the Certified Datasource and the platform in question.

3. The datasources should be filtered out after the selection as shown below:

Searching by name

1. Navigate to datasources page in Alli Data by selecting Reporting → Sources

2. Using the table below, find the corresponding search criteria for platform of interest.
   

3. Copy and paste the criteria to the datasource search box and hit enter, e.g.:
   

   

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