Update Time Series Data Dialog

This dialog is used to configure settings for the manual update of time series data from external data sources.

Dialog accessibility and purpose depend on the type of time series database object involved:

Scalar time series databases

The dialog is used to configure settings for the manual update of a single data stream or a whole data source.

It is displayed when you:

right-click a data stream on the Observed or Forecast page of a Time Series Database and select Update data from the context menu
right-click a data source on the Data Sources page of a Time Series Database and select Update data from the context menu
click Update data on the Time Series Data Grid

When updating from the Time Series Data grid or the Observed / Forecast page of the Time Series Database, only the currently selected stream will be updated. All streams in a data source are updated when the update is implemented via the Data Sources page of the Time Series Database.

Spatial time series databases

The dialog is used to configure settings for the manual update of data streams.

It is displayed when you click Update data on the Time Series Data grid.

See Updating Time Series Data for more information.

Dialog description

Option	Description
Update type	This section allows users to specify the type of update. Get the latest data only- Select this option to perform a latest update (optimistic update). When this option is selected the time zone, lower limit and upper limit controls are disabled (see below). Update data in the specified time range - Enable this option to perform a ranged update (pessimistic update) based on the dates specified in the Lower limit and Upper limit fields. Selecting this option enables the following controls: Time zone – Time zone to use for the time range specified in Lower limit and Upper limit. The default time zone is the machine time zone. Lower limit – Defaulted to the current date and time. Upper limit – Defaults to the current date and time. See Updating Time Series Data for more information.
Perform the update in a background process (recommended)	Note: This option is not available when using an Autodesk InfoWorks - ICM Ultimate licence. Checked by default. When this option is checked, the time series data update will be executed in the background, as a server job. The Schedule Job(s) dialog, where schedule configuration takes place, will be displayed when the OK button is clicked on the Update Time Series Data dialog. Tip It is recommended that this option is checked as updates can be time-consuming and implementing them in the foreground may prevent users from carrying out other tasks on the computer. IMPORTANT NOTE If Perform the update in a background process option is checked, then updating from an "access" external data source can only be done by selecting an agent that has a 32-bit version of InfoWorks ICM installed. If Perform the update in a background process is unchecked, updating from an "access" external data source can only be done in a 32-bit version of InfoWorks ICM. This is due to incompatibility of JET databases with x64 applications.
OK	Commit the changes and close the dialog.
Cancel	Abort the update and close the dialog.

Time Series Database Objects

Time Series Database

Updating Time Series Data

Spatial Time Series Database