18.1 Adding a Data Extraction

To add a Data Extraction, follow these steps:

1. From the AFCS Home page, select Data Extraction.
   The Summary page is displayed with a list of data extraction definitions.
2. Click Add.
   The Specify Details window appears.
3. Enter the Name for the Data Extraction.
   For Example: Extract CASA.
4. Enter the Description of the Data Extraction.
   This field is optional.
5. Select the Grain from the drop-down list.
   For Example: Customer Account.
6. Select the Entity from the drop-down list.
   For Example: Casa
7. Enter the required filter expression for the Data Extraction. In addition, you can also add Parameters.

   This field is optional.

   For Example: [Casa].[Account or Contract Number] is not null.

   This filters out rows where the account or contract number is not null.

8. Click Validate to verify the correctness of the SQL Expression and click OK.
   The filter expression is displayed in the Expression text box.
9. Navigate to the Select Attributes page.
   The Attributes list displays the list of attributes that can be associated with the Data Extraction. The attribute list shows the combined attributes for all the tables selected.
10. Select the attributes and click OK.
    Select or unselect the attributes by clicking the respective icons. You can also drag and drop to rearrange the attributes in the Selected Attributes section.

    Note:

    You can select a maximum of 998 attributes.
11. Navigate to the Describe File page.
12. In Specify Data file names, enter the file name. This is a mandatory field.
    For example: test_file_data.txt

    Note:

    The file extension must be either .txt or .csv.
13. Select Column delimiter from the drop down list.
    For Example: Comma
14. Specify the Text qualifier.
    For Example: Double quotes can be used, prefixed, and suffixed with text.
15. Select the file format.
    For Example: Fixed Length or Delimited.
16. Select the Record delimiter.
    For Example: Unix
17. Toggle the Header button if you want a header to be displayed in the extracted file.
    This field is optional.

    Note:

    The extracted file will show Result, Dimension, Integration, and Staging tables. Currently, Processing layer tables are not supported.

    In case two physical entities contain the same logical name, the order of preference for the entity will be in the following order:

    • 1 - Result
    • 2 - Dimension
    • 3 - Integration
    • 4 - Staging
18. Click Save.
    The Data Extraction file is created.
19. After the Data Extraction is saved, the PMF process needs to be configured and executed. For more details, see Executing Connector using Process Modelling Framework

    The Data Extraction file is created.

20. Download the file from the File Operations screen. For more details, see File Operations.