Create a new aggregation task

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 a dashboard or 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 (previously known as 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 after setting up the aggregation task following the instructions in this article. Learn more in Working with Activeboard widgets.

In order for a query to be set up as an aggregation task, it needs to group the events.

Here's how to create a new aggregation task:

Manage 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 tasks article to learn more about this.