The Timeline Viewer enables you to look at FDM events in a linear graphical format. Timeline Viewer can be filtered to view events that have taken place for specific dates, periods, and categories.
To run Timeline Viewer
At the top of the left pane of the Timeline Viewer screen, select a tab:
To filter the timeline by a specific date range, choose the Dates tab.
To filter the timeline by periods, select the Period tab.
Select a start date and end date (when using Dates tab), or select a period (when using Period tab).
Select the events you want to appear on the timeline:
From Category, select a single category, or select All Categories.
From Workflow Events, select from the available events.
From Mapping Events, select Import, Changes, both, or none.
Select Multiload to include Multiload events.
From Locations, select the locations to include from the Locations directory structure.
The timeline is displayed in the right pane of the Timeline Viewer screen.
The events on the timeline are color-coded to the selectable events in the left pane.
Roll the cursor over each of the event in the timeline to reveal the tool tip which contains the details of each event.
Black markers on the timeline designate multiple, overlapping events. Left-click on the marker to display all events that correspond with that marker.
By default, the timeline only shows the last instance of an event. To view all instances of an event, left click the event, then select All <name of event> Events (for example, All Import Events), or All <name of event> Events with Sub-events (example, All Export Events with Sub-events). This displays one timeline with all instances of the selected event, with or without sub-events depending on the option selected. Sub-events include processing tasks such as processing maps, writing to and deleting temporary tables, exporting data, and loading files.
When you view an expanded event (All Events or All Events with Sub-events), a Back button is displayed. Click Back to return to the previous view.