Alex Thornbury
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Alex Thornbury created a post,
Improve Managing Fivetran related metadata
Which connector?: At a minimum this pertains to fivetran_metadata and Salesforce related connections Additional details: These two connections (and possibly others) create multiple metadata related...
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Alex Thornbury commented,
This is especially true for the tables that Fivetran adds for replication from Salesforce. Tables like fivetran_api_call and fivetran_query get large. Deletion is a hassle while partition managemen...
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Alex Thornbury created a post,
Destination Improvement: Bulk Change Sync Mode
AnsweredCurrently, the sync mode is set in an individual by table by schema fashion. This is fine when there is a small number of tables or schemas, but becomes frustrating when the number of schemas and t...
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Alex Thornbury created a post,
Destination Improvement: Set a default sync mode for new tables
PlannedThe soft delete option is the default and will be applied to all tables added to a destination initially or in the future. We are defaulting to History Mode in our destinations and it is a pain to ...
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Alex Thornbury created a post,
Other: built-in fivetran system and log table management
Fivetran- Your product creates a number of system and logging tables that grow large but there is no retention management of these tables in your product. As far as I can tell, this currently falls...
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Alex Thornbury created a post,
Destination Improvement: fivetran_meta automatic data retention
AnsweredThe fivetran_meta schema contains at least one logging table that can grow VERY large. There does not appear to be a current way to manage this size from within Fivetran via a retention policy. It ...