Data Exports (Preview)
Note: Data Export in Preview Release! Please note that the Data Export feature is currently available only in Preview release version. Preview features are in the final stages of testing and feedback, and are typically stable. We would expect only minor changes to be made prior to them becoming generally available. However, we recommend they’re not used in business critical processes. If you're interested in previewing the Data Export feature, please get in touch with m3ter Support or your m3ter contact.
The m3ter Data Export service allows you to export usage data and operational data from your m3ter Organization directly into your AWS S3 buckets:
Firstly, you can set up Export Destinations to your AWS S3 buckets and define IAM role permission and trust policies to enable the Data Export service to upload data directly to those buckets.
Secondly, use the Export Destinations you've set up to configure Export Schedules for usage or operational data exports at specified hourly or daily frequencies.
Alternatively, select an Export Destination to run a one-off, ad-hoc, data export.
When setting up Export Schedules or running ad-hoc exports, you can define precisely the data you want included in the exported data set:
Usage Data. Define the usage data measurements ingested for your Organization by Meter and Account that you want to export.
Operational Data. Export the configuration and operational data for a range entities from your production environment - such as Bills, Prepayments, Accounts, and Balances.
Export Format. Currently, only
.CSVformat is supported for data exports. Support forJSONformat exports is expected to be available soon.
Export jobs are created for both Export schedules and ad-hoc Exports you've created, and you can open a page to review Export jobs at any time to check their status.
In this way, the Data Export service is designed to facilitate business use cases where you want to export a clearly defined usage or operational data set extracted from your m3ter Organization, and which you can then use to drive other business applications such as dashboards or other business intelligence and reporting tools.
This section explains how to work with, create, and manage Data Exports for your m3ter Organization:
Important: Permissions for Data Export! For users to be able to perform Data Exports of either usage or operational data in your Organization, they will need the create or update dataexport:config permission assigned to them. Do not grant permission to manage data exports to users who shouldn't have access to all data in m3ter. See Understanding, Creating, and Managing Permission Policies.
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