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Manual: use Zenskar's web form to upload data

You can use the web form to enter raw metrics manually.

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Assumption

An example raw metric, telephone usage, with the following schema is used throughout this document. 

{
  "data": {
    "sms": "int",
    "data": "float",
    "call_minutes": "float"
  },
  "timestamp": "timestamp",
  "customer_id": "string"
}
  1. Navigate to Metering > Raw Metrics.
  2. Click on the raw metric you are interested in.
  1. On the View Raw Metric page, click on the drop-down menu beside the UPLOAD CSV button to access the + Add a single event option.
  1. Click on the + Add a single event menu option.
  2. Fill in the required details in the Add New Event form.

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Note

The input text boxes on Add New Event form will correspond to the raw-metric schema you are currently working with. In the current example, the text boxes sms, data, and call_minutes correspond to the schema of the telephone usage raw metric with the following schema.

{
  "data": {
    "sms": "int",
    "data": "float",
    "call_minutes": "float"
  },
  "timestamp": "timestamp",
  "customer_id": "string"
}
  1. Click on the ADD EVENT button. It may take a few seconds for your data to appear in the Events Table.

👍 Pros and 👎 cons

👍 Pros👎 Cons
You can record and maintain usage data directly in Zenskar instead of a spreadsheet.Not ideal for large amounts of data.
The main use case is where a only few events are periodically recorded. For example, a lawyer may record data directly in Zenskar rather than relying on a spreadsheet.

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Note

If manual data ingestion via Zenskar's web form does not suit your needs, you may look at the following options:

Updated 18 days ago