Run a Job

Learn how to run a job to generate a new data version in a project or for production.

After adding new data to Visier, running a job generates a new data version with the new data. You can manually run a job to test and validate new data before releasing the data version to your users. Different users run jobs for different purposes. In this article, you will learn how to manually run a job in a project. Alternatively, you can set up a recurring job schedule to run jobs regularly. For more information, see Schedule a Job.

  1. In a project, on the navigation bar, click Data > Data Categories.

  2. On the data category you want to create a new data version, click the More button .
  3. Click Run job or Run job for partial data version.

    Note: Run job for partial data version is a special data load job that allows you to select specific analytic objects to include in the job, rather than all the data in your tenant. This is useful for faster data testing because you can select only the data you're interested in validating. Partial data versions are only valid in a project; they cannot be published to production.

  4. In the Run job dialog, do the following:
    1. In Generate debugging info, select one of the following:
      • None: No debugging information is generated about the job. This is the default behavior.
      • For stages and records: Debugging information is generated at the end of each stage and provides the final result of a stage.
      • For stages, records, and rules: Debugging information is generated for all rules in each stage: business rules, system rules, and multi-subject rules. Jobs set to For stages, records, and rules run for longer because there is more information to generate.
    2. If For stages and records or For stages, records, and rules, select one of the following to define the level of detail to return about the debugging information:
      • Show file and line: Returns the file and line values for the data in the debugging information.
      • Show mapping: Returns the mapping names that correspond to the data in the debugging information.
    3. Enable or disable Use alerts. If enabled, all enabled alerts check the data in the job. For more information, see Alerts.
    4. Enable or disable Enable normalizer cache. If enabled, the normalizer cache minimizes source upload processing to improve job performance. We recommend always enabling the normalizer cache.
  5. If running a partial job, click Next and then select the analytic objects to include in the job.
  6.  Click Run Job.

    Result: After a job processes data successfully, a new data version is available. To view the new data version in a project, you may need to change the project's data version. For more information, see Set the Data Version.

Note: Generated data versions may cause issues and warnings. For more information, see Issues.