Configuring Fixed Batch Windows

Fixed batch windows are defined by a specified number of datapoints, from a certain data-time field. Fixed batch windows are supported on data warehouse, data stream, and query engine sources.

To add a Fixed batch window to a source,

  1. Navigate to the source's details page and click the Windows tab.
  2. Click + New window.
  3. Under Select Type, choose the Fixed batch window.
  4. Under Configuration,
    1. Complete the required fields: Batch size and Data-time field. For more information, refer to the Configuration Parameters table.
    2. Enter a Name for the window, or click Generate name to automatically create one based on your configuration.
    3. (Optional) Expand Advanced to configure the segment retention period and segmented batching.
  5. Click Create Window.

After creating a window, you can add validators and segmentations to use the new window. For more information, see Configuring a Validator and Configuring Segmentation.

Configuration Parameters

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Displayed Time Field

When configuring windows, a time field is used. The format of the time field is converted to UTC in Validio, but the graphs will always display times in your system's timezone.

Field

Value

Description

Name

String

Identifier for the window, used when configuring validators or segmentation.

Batch size

Number

Number of datapoints (rows) of the window. For example, 256.

Data-time field

Field name

Identifier for the index field used to configure the window. For example, timestamp.

Segment retention period (days)

Number

(Optional) Maximum number of days to keeps segments when new data has not been found.

Segmented batching

True False

(Optional) If True, each segment gets a separate Window of batch size length.