Transferring Data Between Databases

Transfer data from a source tag in one database to a destination tag in another Rubicon application database (or in the same database). The source data can be transferred as-is or as summary data.

When you have configured a data transfer, the transfer continues to run at specified intervals until you delete the task. You can also run the transfer task manually at any time. See Running a Single Data Transfer for details.

To configure a data transfer task:

1. Click Data Transfers to open the Data Transfers module.
2. Click Add to create a new transfer task.
3. Enter the following details:

   Property	Description
   Datasource	Select a datasource from the drop-down list. Choosing Local will transfer data from within the current database. Datasource settings are stored in an External datasource connection details parameter. See Data Transfer Parameters for more details.
   Source Tag	Select the tag from which the data will be read. Click Find Tag to use the Tag Chooser tool.
   Period	Specify how often the source tag data will be transferred. If the destination tag contains summary data, this is the period over which data is summarized. For example, If you set the period to one hour, the data will be transferred every hour and will summarize an hour of source data (for summary values)
   Local Tag	Select the tag to which the data will be copied. Click Find Tag to use the Tag Chooser tool.
   New value	Specify how the source data will be written to the destination tag. You can choose to transfer the data as-is, or apply various summary functions. See Data Transfer Options for more details.

4. Click Save to save your changes. The transfer task will run at the start of the next period as specified in your configuration settings, and will continue to run at that interval indefinitely.