Template App: Sample data refresh

[DesNaidoo]

Good day,

I've created a template app in the service that connects to an ODATA API to retrieve the data. This is a basic app that contains only two reports. The app dataset is refreshed every morning and has up-to-date sample data. It is in pre-production and will be released to appsource soon.

The issue I have is that the published app dataset does not contain the latest sample data. So when a user installs the app, it displays the data from when the app was published...eg. 2 months ago. It seems like I have to re-publish the app so that it updates with the latest data.

Is there any way that when the app is installed, that it displays the current (latest) sample data?

Thanks for your consideration,

Des

[v-shex-msft]

Hi @DesNaidoo,

How did you design the app? Have you configured the filter in your odata connector to use the system locale time to get the last records or just setting the static date value in it?

Odata URL Conventions 

DateTime.LocalNow 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

[DesNaidoo]

Hi @v-shex-msft ,

When the customer connects the app to their own data, it all works fine and the latest data is refreshed. 

My question is around the sample data that is included with the app, the sample data does not refresh. So if a new customer installs the app from appsource, before he connects to his own data, is there any way that the sample data thats included with the app be up to date? The dataset that the app is built on is refreshed daily with sample data.

Cheers,

Des

[v-shex-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @DesNaidoo,

This should be based on your app sample data source configurations. If they are designed based on imported static values, these sample data should not update.
If you are keeping the connection to the data source, configure and enable the scheduler refresh on it, it should update daily.

I do not so recommend you to design a template app with the sample data source. (normally the underlying data source connections should be fully parametrized with query parameters, users who get APP try to use it will be asked to input their connections and credentials for app source initialization. they worked as 'connector app')
Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng