Overview
Extra fees may apply
Please note that using aggregation tasks may entail an extra charge to your usual Devo subscription fee.
When you set up a query as an aggregation task, it will give you great performance when you use it to feed widgets in an Activeboard, and also Devo applications. This is because an aggregation task creates a background task that continually updates and aggregates the query's values. This way new data is more quickly reflected in the dashboard widget the aggregation task is feeding. There is a yellow fast forward icon on widgets that can be optimized using aggregation tasks.
Using aggregation tasks (former data sources) in Activeboards
Keep in mind that in Activeboards, aggregation tasks generated from a widget's source query are automatically used to optimize the widget performance, so you don't need to do anything more afterwards. Learn more about Activeboard widgets and how they work in Using widgets.
What permission do I need?
To create and manage aggregation tasks you need to have the manage version of the Domain aggregation tasks permission. The view version allows you to see existing aggregation tasks but not to manage them or create new ones.
Creating aggregation tasks
Here's how to create a new aggregation task:
Managing aggregation tasks
Administrator users can check all aggregation tasks and activate/deactivate them in the Aggregation Tasks tab of the Administration → Data Management area. Go to the Aggregation task article to learn more about this.