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Learning Einstein Analytics

You're reading from   Learning Einstein Analytics Unlock critical insights with Salesforce Einstein Analytics

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788475761
Length 242 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Santosh Tukaram Chitalkar Santosh Tukaram Chitalkar
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Extended metadata in Analytics


In this section, we are going to provide an overview of the extended metadata, and we will go through the basic structure of XMD, how to configure it, and what we can achieve with XMD. The extended metadata or XMD in Einstein Analytics gives the user the flexibility to format and customize the fields and values in the dataset. We are going to use the Embedded dashboard and the Opportunity dataset from the previous chapter for this.

Downloading the XMD for the dataset

In order to configure the XMD file, first we need to get the XMD file for the dataset. So the question is: where can you find it?

To download the XMD file, perform the following steps: 

  1. Go to the Analytics Studio | DATASETS tab.
  2. Click on the 
     icon in the dataset (we are using the Opportunity dataset) and click on Edit as shown in the following screenshot:
  1. Search for the Extended Metadata File section and click on
    . You should see two options in the dropdown, such as Download and Replace, as shown in...
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