Which server to choose when setting a dashboard button to run a dashboard extender business rule?

[AndreaF]

Hi,

I have a button that runs a dashboard extender business rule.

Between the 4 server options available, which one should I choose when, and should I even care about choosing the right one (i.e. when does it make a difference)?

Thank you

[Krishna · Accepted solution]

@AndreaF  - You can choose any server I would recommend using General or Data Management because the Consolidation is used for Calculation & Consol, Stage for Data Integration Load etc... Hope this helps.

[Krishna · Accepted solution]

@AndreaF  - You can choose any server I would recommend using General or Data Management because the Consolidation is used for Calculation & Consol, Stage for Data Integration Load etc... Hope this helps.

[JackLacava · Accepted solution]

OneStream can be laid out so that separate servers do different things. This is only necessary in large environments; in practice, often a single server will cover multiple roles.

Depending on what you're actually doing in your extender, it might make sense to direct execution to this or that type of server.

• If the rule is going to launch a DM job, it will make sense to to target the Data Management Server
• if you're launching potentially long-running calculations, you can send it to the Consolidation server
• if you're launching big import jobs or other heavy integration tasks, target the Stage server
• For everything else, default to General.

As I mentioned, in practice a single server can carry out both Consolidation and Stage tasks, so even if you select different options your rules might end up running on the same server. However, from a best-practice perspective, it still makes sense to declare a preference where it makes sense, simply in order to future-proof your dashboards.