Report Data Aggregation
For increased reporting efficiency, Flexera Analytics (Cognos) reports are built from data contained in a set of database tables called the data warehouse, which stores usage data. Aggregation is the process that parses the report log data that has been imported to FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications and populates the data warehouse with usage data. It is sometimes referred to as a roll-up.
You must aggregate your usage data before you can run Flexera Analytics reports.
You can run aggregation on your enterprise’s report log data in two ways:
- Incremental Aggregation —Run aggregation for specified vendor daemons and/or for a specific time period.
- Periodic Aggregation —Run aggregation on a regularly scheduled, periodic basis.
To view the status of aggregation tasks, go to the Aggregation Status page.
For a detailed description of the Flexera Analytics data model, see the Flexera Analytics Guide.
Required Permissions
To schedule, run, and cancel data aggregation, a user must have a role with the Run and Cancel Aggregation permission.
To improve aggregation performance, consider defining single-master-feature products if your enterprise uses products that can be configured in this way—products containing a single master feature, where that feature cannot be mapped to any other product. See Single-Master-Feature Product Mapping for information.
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