Refreshing datasets on-demand

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You can refresh PowerReport datasets on demand through the PowerReports page in IBM® Envizi ESG Suite.

Before you begin

The process currently has some limitations:
  • You cannot initiate a refresh while the daily refresh is taking place.
  • You cannot initiate a refresh within an hour of a previous refresh request.
  • You can perform a maximum of two refreshes per day.

About this task

Any user who is both a system administrator, and is assigned the PowerReport Edit work role, can refresh PowerReport datasets on demand.

The overnight refresh for the monthly dataset typically begins at approximately midnight local time from Monday to Saturday in the region of the server that you are connected to. Data that is uploaded after the start of the overnight refresh is not available in PowerReports until the next day. If the data is required sooner, a user needs to either run a manual refresh after the daily refresh completes, or the user must wait until the following daily refresh for the data to become available.

Procedure

  1. To open the PowerReports page, click the PowerReports Quicklink menu, or click Report > PowerReports.
  2. Right-click any standard report, for example, Monthly Dataset, and then click Refresh Dataset.
    The underlying data for any report that shares a dataset with the selected report is refreshed, including saved report copies.
  3. Review the status of the refresh in the Refresh Status column, which you can update by refreshing the page in your browser.
    The refresh status is one of the following values:
    • Manual Refresh - Pending
    • Manual Refresh - Queued
    • Manual Refresh - In Progress
    • Manual Refresh - Completed

Results

When the refresh status indicates Manual Refresh - Completed, the new data is available in your reports.