Create a Data Feed v3.1

Overview

See Data Feeds v3.0 for a description of data feed definitions and data feed items.

Instructions

Create a data feed definition

To create a data feed definition:

• Ensure a task is selected.

• Navigate to the Data feed definitions screen under Settings.

  

• Select Add new definition.

  

• Enter a name and description and press Add.

• The field editor screen appears. This is where the data feed schema is defined.

  

• Click Add field.

  

• Set a name for the field and the data type. The data type may be any of:
  Boolean
Complex (can contain other data types)
  DateTime
Number
Media Item
Rich Text
Text
Collections(can contain multiple elements of a data type)
  Picklists

• Add as many fields as are required for the schema. At least one field must be displayable - only text and rich text fields can be set to displayable.

  

• To edit the details of a field, click the pen icon at the right of the row to expand it.

• Fields can be reordered by dragging the handles on the left of each row.

• Complex fields can be expanded or minimised by clicking the arrow on the row to the left of the name.

  

• Fields can be added to complex fields by clicking the Add child button.

• Fields can be removed by clicking the Remove button on the field’s details. Note that fields cannot be removed if they are used by a data feed item.

• Click Save to save the data feed definition.

Create a data feed item

To create a data feed item:

• Ensure a task is selected.

• Navigate to the Data feed items screen under Library.

• Select the data feed definition and variant from the dropdowns at the top of the screen.

  

• Click Add new data feed item. The data feed item editor opens.

• Editable fields will appear for each of the schema values defined in the definition.

  

• Fill in the values. Fields can be expanded by clicking on them.

• Select Save and the data feed item is saved.