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nic_ran
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It would be great if the "Run to this" / "Run from this" options within a workspace could be extended to have a "force run" or "rerun" option. Feature caching is fairly smart and will re-run stale caches when required. The problem is when an underlying dataset has changed and the feature caches aren't aware.

For example, when using a FeatureReader or DatabaseJoiner, the underlying data may have changed and, currently, the only way to get the workspace to pick this up is to either re-run the entire workspace, or make a temporary edit in the workspace that causes the cached data to become stale.

Another scenario in which this is an issue is if a custom transformer is updated, then the main workspace feature caches do not account for this unless the custom transformer interface changes.

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nic_ran
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  • April 27, 2020

I found another "Idea" after I posted this one. Seems to be an alternative solution to the same underlying problem..

https://knowledge.safe.com/idea/94922/empty-feature-cashing.html


pmcpherson
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  • January 11, 2021

Not sure of the status of this idea, but I too have run into a similar issue many times. It would be nice to have a bit more flexibility with regard to clearing the feature cache(s) without rerunning the entire workspace.


tomf
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  • January 14, 2021

Have you tried Tools > Purge Temporary Files? This should clear the cache for you


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