Daktronics Venus Control Suite Data Studio App User Guide

Venus Control Suite Data Studio App

Product Information: Venus Control Suite Data Studio App

The Venus Control Suite Data Studio App is a tool designed to
manage the data feeds used for display purposes. It allows users to
create new data feed sources, configure settings, and trim the data
to be received and processed.

Some features of Data Studio may vary based on the Venus
Subscription level.

Accessing Data Studio

1. Log in to Venus Control Suite.
2. Select an account.
3. Click Data Studio from the My Apps menu.

Creating a New Data Feed

1. Click Add Data Source and select an option.
2. Enter a Name for the new data feed source.
3. Enter the desired URL.
4. Select Additional Configurations and enter the user name and
   password if required.
5. Enter Custom Headers.
6. Set the Refresh Interval. Note: Most data feeds update once an
   hour.
7. Click Next to move to Data Trimming.
8. Click Select Properties to trim the feed’s properties.
9. Select the items to be enabled. To limit the number of shown
   items from a single property, click All Items and select Custom,
   then input the desired max.
10. Click Done.
11. Click Save to finish creating a new data feed.

Note: Once created, the data feeds can be altered to fit
changing needs by clicking and altering the desired
information.

Countdowns and Count-Ups

All countdown and count-up functionality has been moved to the
Web Editor App. For more information, refer to the Web Editor App
Quick Guide.

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This guide is designed to help Venus Control Suite (VCS) customers operate the Data Studio App. Data Studio is used to manage the data feeds used for display purposes. Some features of Data Studio vary based on Venus Subscription level.

Accessing Data Studio

1. Log in to Venus Control Suite.

2. Select an account. 3. Click Data Studio from the My Apps menu. Refer to
Figure 1.

Figure 1: Data Studio

Create a New Data Feed

1. Click Add Data Source and select an option. Refer to Figure 2.

2. Enter a Name for the new data feed source. Refer to Figure 3.

3. Enter the desired URL.

4. Select Additional Configurations and enter the user name and password if the data source requires credentials.
5. Enter Custom Headers.

Figure 2: Add Data Feed

6. Set the Refresh Interval.

Note: The refresh dictates how often the feed will refresh. Most data feeds update once an hour.
7. Click Next to move to Data Trimming.

Figure 3: Source Information Menu

Figure 4: Data Trimming Menu
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8. Click Select Properties to trim the feed’s properties. Refer to Figure 4.

Note: The feed’s properties dictates what parts of the feed will be received and processed. The list defaults with no properties selected, so a selection must be made.
9. Select the items to be enabled. To limit the number of shown items from a single property, click All Items and select Custom, then input the desired max. Refer to Figure 5.
10. Click Done.
11. Click Save to finish creating a new data feed.

Note: Once created, the data feeds can be altered to fit changing needs. Edit the data feeds by clicking and altering the desired information.

Countdowns and Count-Ups
All countdown and count-up functionality has been moved to the

Figure 5: Data Properties

Web Editor App. More information regard the Web Editor app can be found

in the Web Editor App Quick Guide (DD4954554).

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