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Allow for point-in-time snapshots for reports/dataset

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Scott Sugar on 03 Feb 2016 15:04:38

datasets/reports only show latest data. Would like to be able to schedule each month to save a point-in-time snapshot of the report/dataset as it is at that time. Then I can show a client their report from this month, or last month, or one year ago. Not just the data as it is at the latest refresh

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Allan Bakker on 18 Jul 2022 19:35:47

RE: Allow for point-in-time snapshots for reports/dataset

This feature would be great. There are many times where the data can be recalculated but we would also like to use the snap shot to track progress mid process if that makes sense. Eg. # of jobs with status pending. By the next update the status will have changed from pending to in progress or completed so being able to automatically keep track of snapshots would be amazing!

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ISHAQ NAWAB on 22 Jun 2022 12:15:45

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This function will be a huge help to a lot.

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Richard Johnson on 26 May 2022 07:03:19

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Also would be good if you could just snapshot Measures based on a period of time. i.e. 1st of every month or every 4 weeks etc.

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Wendi Sapp on 22 Feb 2022 16:52:20

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We are forever tracking the status of items throughout a workflow. Inevitably this typically requires many periodic meetings where the delta from the last meeting is discussed. This is a horribly manual process. We connect to way too many data sources and large databases to save snapshots. This needs to be integrated into the dynamic connections! The time and effort that this would save my team is huge.

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Matthias Grenot on 07 Dec 2021 08:49:40

RE: Allow for point-in-time snapshots for reports/dataset

a must have feature!

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Rajendra Bamaniya on 18 Oct 2021 15:03:38

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This is a excellent feature where I can send relevant data in excel format thru out the organization.

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Margarita Cardozo on 12 Oct 2021 18:57:19

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WE are in desperate need of this feature! It isn't useful to users to see the impact of their business decisions if they can only see snapshot data and not trended data.

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Akshat Bhardwaj on 08 Oct 2021 17:20:39

RE: Allow for point-in-time snapshots for reports/dataset

yes please. It is very helpful for monthly reporting and saving a snapshot linked to it.

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James IvesPlunkett on 01 Oct 2021 06:19:01

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This would be so handy

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Nigel Baxter on 18 Aug 2021 10:15:26

RE: Allow for point-in-time snapshots for reports/dataset

we really need this function as standard -  I looked at incremental refresh but doesn't look like it will work.
 

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