Read Impact Analysis actions

Read Impact Analysis actions retrieve impact analysis data created by the Create Impact Analysis action from an impact analysis database on the LiveCompare server. The action stores the results in one or more Table datasets.

Action property Description
Id An Integer parameter that stores the Id of the impact analysis data to retrieve. Select the Data > Impact Analyses folder in the LiveCompare hierarchy to see a list of impact analysis Ids.
Impactful A Table dataset that stores the Impactful table retrieved from the impact analysis database for the specified Id.
Pipeline A Pipeline parameter or dataset that stores the Pipeline used when you ran the Create Impact Analysis action.
Table to Param Map A Pair List parameter that maps the action’s output parameters to table names in the impact analysis database. See here for details.
Impactful A Table dataset that stores the Impactful table retrieved from the impact analysis database for the specified Id.
Used A Table dataset that stores the Used table retrieved from the impact analysis database for the specified Id.

Each Table dataset retrieved by the Read Impact Analysis action has an additional column named iaid, which stores the id of the impact analysis data retrieved.

The action reports an error if it could not find any impact analysis data for the specified Id and Pipeline.

Read additional tables

You can configure the Read Impact Analysis action to retrieve additional tables written to the impact analysis database by the Create Impact Analysis action. Follow these steps:

  1. Use the Define Action Parameters Wizard to add additional output properties of type Table to the action.

  2. Use the action’s Property Editor to create new Table datasets for each of the new output properties.

  3. Edit the action’s Table to Param Map property, and complete the fields as follows:

Field Value
NAME1 The name of an existing database table to read for the specified impact analysis id.
NAME2 The name of an additional output property added in Step 1.

Example

Read Impact Analysis action example.

Related topics

Create Impact Analysis actions