Reimporting Data into a Dataset

For any local dataset, either a public dataset or an embedded dataset in a story, you can reacquire the data from the original data source to replace the contents of the dataset.

Context

If the original data source was an uploaded file, you can upload another compatible file. For any other data source, the original query is re-executed.

SAP Analytics Cloud automatically matches the columns of the newly acquired data to the columns of the existing data.

Note
Datasets created prior to SAP Analytics Cloud release 2020.12 don't support the reimport feature.

Procedure

  1. With your dataset open, select (Reimport Data).
    If your dataset was created from a data source (not by uploading a file), the data is reimported, and the columns are matched automatically.
  2. If your dataset was created from an uploaded file, choose a file to upload.
    Note
    You can only upload a compatible file: a file that has the same number of columns as the original file, and with the same column names and data types as in the original file.