Exports

Exports let you send chart aggregation results to external applications such as Microsoft Power BI. First, create an export to define the connection to the external component. You can then enable the export for selected charts when creating or editing them.

Before creating an export, you typically must configure settings in the external services being used, such as Azure AD and Power BI, so they can accept API calls from the ScaleOut Digital Twins service. When creating the export, you provide the credentials and connection parameters needed for ScaleOut Digital Twins to connect to the external component. A detailed Power BI example is available here.

The following sections explain how to create and manage exports.

Creating an Export

To create a new export, select Add Export in the left-side navigation bar under Dashboard:

Specify the name of the export and the export type. After selecting the export type, additional export parameters will appear. Note that the only type currently supported is Power BI.

After the export’s parameters are saved, it is immediately deployed and ready to export chart data to the selected external system. The export’s name appears in the “Exports” dropdown menu on the “New Chart” and “Edit Chart” pages.

Managing an Existing Export

After an export is created, its is displayed in a table on the Manage Exports page. You can delete the export by clicking the Delete button in the Options column in the table.