Merge
Description
Merging an offer consists of assembling transport data sets to produce the transport offer of your Workbench.
Each data set has a precise scope of intervention:
one or more company lines
one or more periods
When you merge a data set, only the data on its perimeter will modify the transport offer of its Workbench.
Let's take the example of the integration of 3 data sets in the transport offer of the initially empty Workbench.
The first data set will feed Lines 1, 2 and 3 over the period from 01/01 to 01/03.
Then we create a second data set. This one contains an offer on Line 1 and 2 for part of the period of the first one’s and extends the operating period for one more month.
We merge it and get a merged offer, with a part rewritten over the old data and a new part.
The same principle will apply to each new merge, as in the example below with a third data set :
A data set that has been merged cannot be unarchived or deleted because the merged offer keeps a reference to this data set.
The data contained in the merged data set is processed according to the following rules:
if an “equivalent” data (with same work signature) is found in merged data set, it will be conserved
if there is no “equivalent” data found, it will be created in merged data set
The processed data is, in order:
routes and RCZs
journey pattern
footnotes
vehicle journeys, their (eventual) associations with RCZs or the footnotes
timetables
If the data set has been successfully merged, then there is:
an update of the merged data
change to “Archived” status
If the operation fails, the data set returns to the "Ready" status.
After the merge, the whole “useless” data is deleted from the new merged offer you get. The data is considered as useless if it has :
empty timetable
vehicle journey without timetable
journey pattern without vehicle journey
route without journey pattern
Consult merged data sets
You can view the list of merged data sets in Workbench - Merged offers.
For each merge: Status, Name, Ended at, Duration, Date and time of aggregation, Created by, are displayed.
Manual merge
For each merge the star wheel allows to launch the accessible actions (see, see related data, rollback).
You can merge a data set by going to “Workbench - Data sets” section and clicking on the “Merge data sets” button.
In the merge form, you select one or several data set from the “Available Data sets” and click on “Submit”.
During the merge process the chosen data sets change their status from “Ready” to “Pending”.
When the merge is complete and “Successful”, the data sets move to the “Archived” status.
If the operation fails the data set comes back to status “Ready”.
Merged data set can’t be unarchived or deleted, but you can clone it.
Automatic merge after import
You can configure the automatic merge of your data sets directly after an import.
In the form for creating a new import, select the “Automatic merge” option.
If your import is successful, the merge will start automatically on the created data set.
Urgent data
For each Workbench, if a data set marked as “urgent” is merged, then the current offer is categorized as urgent. It will be taken into account quickly in the offer of the Workgroup, as described in Aggregation | Urgent offer.
Consult the merged offer
You can view your offer by clicking on the “View current offer” button on the merges page.
The page of the last merge opens with all the lines that have vehicle journeys.
At the bottom of the list of lines, a table of the offer is displayed.
This page offers several features.
Vehicle Journeys
The “Vehicle Journeys” button shows you a list of all the vehicle journeys in your offer.
On this page, you can check data using the available filters.
Timetables
The “Timetables” button shows you the list of all the timetables in your offer.
On this page, you can check data using the available filters.
Service counts
The “Service counts” button allows you to filter and view the number of daily vehicle journeys in your offer in graphical form.
Control
The “Control” button allows you to run a control list on the current offer.
Merge sheet
For each merge, you can view a summary sheet by clicking on its name.
At the top of the sheet, you will find general information, the merge status, and a link to the merged offer that was created.
In the lower part of the sheet, you will find:
the referential(s) used during merge,
the aggregated offer taking into account the merged offer (if any)
the results of the control lists and macro lists executed during the operation.
Rollback to the previous merge
To undo a merge that has already been executed, there is a rollback function available in the list of actions on previous merge.
You should click on the star wheel of one of the previous merges and click on “Rollback”. After this manipulation, all the data sets that have been merged later will be grayed out and will no longer be taken into account in the current offer of your organization.
Purge of past merged data
Chouette keeps the last 10 merged offers by default. Automatic cleanup takes place after each successful merge.
You can manage the settings of the purge in the Workgroup section.
Here you can enable the purge of past merged data by indicating its age.