Seeking Best Practice for Live Detail Reporting in Sisense (Replacing SSRS)
Afternoon Sisense community, Our team is looking to replicate the functionality of a crucial SSRS report within Sisense. This report is used by a department to obtain a detailed list of jobs for a specific month. The workflow involves: Running the report for a selected month (typically the current or previous month). Reviewing the output for discrepancies. Updating the source system based on the review. Re-running the report immediately to verify the changes (requiring live data). Current Sisense Implementation & Performance Issue I've attempted to recreate this report's dataset using a Live Model connected to a Redshift SQL View. The view is complex: It contains approximately 50 columns of detailed data. It involves JOINs across 15 different tables to consolidate all necessary dimensions and metrics. The Issue: The performance of this Live Model is unacceptable. Users are accustomed to the SSRS report running a stored procedure and returning the filtered data in under 30 seconds. My Sisense Live Model is timing out. Constraints & Goal Requirement: The data must be live (no ElastiCube, as users need immediate reflection of system changes after updates). Target Performance: Sub-30-second return for monthly filtered data. Request for Guidance Given the high number of columns, multiple joins, and the strict requirement for live data with fast filtering (specifically by month), what would be the recommended best practice for implementing this detailed report in Sisense? Are there specific Sisense configurations, data modeling techniques for live connections that would address this performance bottleneck while meeting the "live" requirement? Thank you for your insights!
Semantic Layer tables stack up like a deck of cards
Hi All, About once a month, all of the tables in our semantic layer stack on top of one another. I'm not sure why. It takes me about an hour to put them back in their right places. Has anyone else had this problem, and if so, how did you stop it from recurring? Cheers.
Issue creating tables via POST/datamodels/{datamodelId}/schema/datasets/{datasetId}/tables
Hello, When I create a table via the following endpoint: POST/datamodels/{datamodelId}/schema/datasets/{datasetId}/tables the table indeed is created, however the "preview of the data" and "the data showing into the dashboards" functionalities don't work. The payload I use to create the table with the API is the following: { "id": "columns", "name": "columns", "type": "base", "columns": [ { "id": "table_catalog", "name": "table_catalog", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "e467cc0d-e174-4f6f-b323-a1fe6631b75c", "type": 18, "size": 2147483647, "precision": 2147483647, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": false, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "table_schema", "name": "table_schema", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "0b8a12a6-3210-4ca3-9bd1-f7f697830422", "type": 18, "size": 2147483647, "precision": 2147483647, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": false, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "table_name", "name": "table_name", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "42023ae9-da17-42d7-bf30-76263b37dac9", "type": 18, "size": 2147483647, "precision": 2147483647, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": false, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "column_name", "name": "column_name", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "949662ab-d80b-414e-840f-6b7c9d526f9c", "type": 18, "size": 2147483647, "precision": 2147483647, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": false, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "ordinal_position", "name": "ordinal_position", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "5fd023c6-775b-4086-8fc0-18ae30f288f5", "type": 8, "size": 10, "precision": 10, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": true, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "column_default", "name": "column_default", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "3aec986a-c05e-41c1-a28c-63b3656c7fbc", "type": 18, "size": 2147483647, "precision": 2147483647, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": false, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "is_nullable", "name": "is_nullable", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "91ec1abd-d8c9-4d49-8fcc-c30314755982", "type": 2, "size": 5, "precision": 7, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": true, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "data_type", "name": "data_type", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "0191ed88-dda3-4609-adf2-71ee92e17d96", "type": 18, "size": 2147483647, "precision": 2147483647, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": false, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "character_maximum_length", "name": "character_maximum_length", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "9294c71d-a7ee-499c-a545-a2dc7d34e25c", "type": 8, "size": 10, "precision": 10, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": true, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "character_octet_length", "name": "character_octet_length", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "4cba3687-517e-4a05-9921-f1c4e2b6a6b8", "type": 8, "size": 10, "precision": 10, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": true, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "numeric_precision", "name": "numeric_precision", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "2d26d3c5-535d-4e2c-9321-88b6cdecef39", "type": 8, "size": 10, "precision": 10, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": true, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "numeric_precision_radix", "name": "numeric_precision_radix", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "2da2c5a0-d38a-4852-9d98-ca0980bf3b3d", "type": 8, "size": 10, "precision": 10, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": true, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "numeric_scale", "name": "numeric_scale", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "acff38fc-345e-428c-a531-356db48a247b", "type": 8, "size": 10, "precision": 10, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": true, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": 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"import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "identity_start", "name": "identity_start", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "83590ce0-1749-410c-9230-80cf2eba73b0", "type": 18, "size": 2147483647, "precision": 2147483647, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": false, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "identity_increment", "name": "identity_increment", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "f295919f-d985-4623-8b03-7e0498a25402", "type": 18, "size": 2147483647, "precision": 2147483647, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": false, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "identity_maximum", "name": "identity_maximum", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "38114b6a-7829-4fab-81eb-280225a4890c", "type": 18, "size": 2147483647, "precision": 2147483647, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": false, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "identity_minimum", "name": "identity_minimum", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "00686f13-6a30-4b39-8164-2fdce57e2894", "type": 18, "size": 2147483647, "precision": 2147483647, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": false, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "identity_cycle", "name": "identity_cycle", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "f228c9c4-ff5a-4bf1-851e-662bb2052d23", "type": 2, "size": 5, "precision": 7, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": true, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "is_generated", "name": "is_generated", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "796880b1-62f2-4570-9973-dd68b1eac4d9", "type": 18, "size": 2147483647, "precision": 2147483647, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": false, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "generation_expression", "name": "generation_expression", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "f30b5f8a-b90e-4bb9-a5f1-9049b416b678", "type": 18, "size": 2147483647, "precision": 2147483647, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": false, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null }, { "id": "is_updatable", "name": "is_updatable", "displayName": null, "semanticIndex": null, "oid": "bc151a93-c760-49b7-994c-f4355827a899", "type": 2, "size": 5, "precision": 7, "scale": 0, "hidden": false, "indexed": true, "isUpsertBy": false, "lastUpdated": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "description": null, "expression": null, "import": null, "isCustom": null } ], "buildBehavior": { "type": "sync", "accumulativeConfig": null }, "hidden": false } What I get on the preview is: { "moreInfo": { "why": { "name": "InvalidRequestException", "message": "InvalidRequestException", "errorCode": 8, "wrongParameter": null, "trace": null, "why": "BE#406574 \"columns\" Table has no columns or does not exist." } }, "code": 22003, "message": "An error occurred while executing request to connector: BE#406574 \"columns\" Table has no columns or does not exist.", "status": 400, "httpMessage": "Bad Request" } When I create the exact same table, BUT from the UI the functionalities mentioned above work. May you help us with that? Best regards, Rado
Help with CI/CD Workflow for Sisense + GitHub Integration
Hi everyone, We're currently using two environments—test and prod—and recently began using Sisense's Git integration with GitHub. We're now looking to improve our CI/CD process and wondering if anyone has come across solid documentation or examples. Specifically, we're hoping to: Automatically deploy changes from a feature branch in test to main in test after a pull request is merged Then automatically deploy the same changes to prod Has anyone implemented a workflow like this or found official guidance on automating these deployment steps? We'd love to avoid manually pulling these changes into each environment. Appreciate any advice, links, or lessons learned!
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