Hey guys,
We are trying to use the Optimize operator in a datafeed but passing the conenction URL using user inputs and the merge single texts operator. When we plug everything in and specify the debug values everything works in the datafeed. When we plug the datafeed into apps we constantly get errors that columns don't exist even though we can see them in the datafeeds after running them. Does anyone know of a solution to this?
Thanks,
Dave
Hi Helmut,
I actually figured this out a few days ago and the problem does not lie in the default values slot on the date input but how you change the date format to go into the merge text to construct the dynamic URL. The URLs that you use to pull the Optimize data appear to have the format of yyyy-MM-ddTHH%3AMM%3A00-0800 so the date has to be perfect otherwise the operator will show nothing and it will not throw any errors. Having the debug value does fix the problem of columns disappearing when the feeds are tied into apps (learned this the hard way back in 2.3).
If anyone is further interested in how we are showing our optimize data we change the date/time values to text after it comes out of the optimize operator and change it to the HH:MM format because we want to be able to view the perfomance as the day progresses and catch problems before they happen. One thing that I highly recommend on the charts for Opt data is to smoth the line and remove the data pointers. If you don't it just tends to get messy and looks overwhelming.
Thanks,
Dave
Helmut Barro on
If the parameters you pass in via debug values are required, it could be that you also have to specify "default values". That would explain why it works in FeedEditor but not in Viewer. Please try supplying default parameters as well.