Managing the connection to a cloud storage

Use the following links to learn more about managing the connection to a cloud storage:

Activating the connection

By default, the created schedule source connection is displayed in the inactive status. You need to activate the connection to fetch the data from both IBM Cloud® Object Storage and AWS S3.

To do so, on the Schedule source page, set the toggle button to Active.

Activate connection

Fetching data through the connection

The schedule source connection that is created in IBM Process Mining automatically fetches data at the time interval specified when you create the connection. You can also fetch data whenever it is required. To do so, click the Fetch data now button on the Schedule source page.

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Note: In the figure, imported indicates the total number of files that are fetched by the application and discarded indicates the total number of files that do not match the data source of the process. In the following figure, both the files fetched by the application are discarded as it does not match with the data source present in the selected process. Hence, it is advisable to verify the .csv file before importing the files.

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Analyzing the data fetched through the connection

After fetching the data through the schedule source connection, IBM Process Mining automatically analyzes and visualizes the data in the process. The following figure illustrates how the fetched data is represented on the Data source page.

Analyze the data

Editing and deleting the connection

You can edit or delete a schedule source connection only if it is in the Inactive mode. Additionally, you can only edit or update the folder path and time interval at which it is schedule to fetch the data.

Edit a schedule source Use the following steps to edit a schedule source connection:

  1. On the Schedule source page, set the toggle button to Inactive.

  2. Click the more options button (more options), and then click Edit.

  3. In the Edit schedule source dialog, do one or both of the following steps:

    • Click the Select files tab to update the file list.

    • Click the Scheduling tab to update the time interval at which the connection should automatically fetch data.

  4. In the Edit schedule source dialog, click Save.

Delete a schedule source

Use the following steps to delete a schedule source:

  1. On the Schedule source page, set the toggle button to Inactive.

  2. Click the more options button (more options), and then click Delete.

  3. In the Delete schedule source message box, click Delete.