Run historical data collection for a Platform Analytics Solution
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- UpdatedAug 1, 2024
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After you activate an Platform Analytics Solution, run a historical data collection job. This job gives you immediate insight from your existing data.
Before you begin
Procedure
Example: Collecting historical data for newly installed Platform Analytics Solution

You decide to run the job for the Knowledge Management solution first. To ensure that
nobody has run the knowledge management historical job yet, you navigate to
In this case, you see that the job has not been run since the last zBoot. So you
navigate back to the Jobs list and open [PA
Knowledge] Historic Data Collection.
- The Relative start field is set for the default 60 days, which is fine for you.
- The Run as user exists on your instance. Otherwise,
you would have to choose a different user.
- The time zone is appropriate for your company.
You are satisfied with the settings for the historical job, so you click
Execute Now. After a few minutes, the job is shown as
Collected in the job logs.
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- Collect historical data
Run a historical data collection job to collect scores and snapshots for existing records. When collecting data for the first time, such as for a new indicator, run historical data collection once to generate scores and snapshots for existing records.