Read this article for the instructions to update your data sources and sync the updated data to your Lucidscale model.

Update data source

Manual data source updates

To manually update a data source, follow these steps:

Log into your Lucid account.
Select the Data Hub icon from the left-hand navigation menu.
From the dropdown, click your cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
Click the three-dot menu to the far-right of a data source in the data hub.
Choose from the following based on your cloud provider:

For AWS, select Update Account from AWS.
For Azure, select Update Subscription from Azure.
For Google Cloud (formerly GCP), select Update Project from Google Cloud.

There will be a message with a circle loading icon in the bottom-right corner indicating that Lucid is importing the updated data. The circle loading icon will disappear from the message in the bottom-right corner when the data source has been successfully updated. You can also see in the row for each data source when it has been last updated, or if the update is currently “in progress”.

If the data source couldn’t import all resources or metadata during the update, you will see a warning icon next to the data source name. Click the icon and select View Import Summary to see a status for each resource. For any resources that failed, you will see a reason and instructions for how to make it successfully update.

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Schedule automatic data source updates

To schedule recurring updates to a data source, follow these steps:

Log into your Lucid account.
Select the Data Hub icon from the left-hand navigation menu.
From the dropdown, click your cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Click the three-dot menu to the far-right of a data source in the data hub.
Select Schedule update.
In the pop-up, choose a start date and the frequency you’d like the updates to repeat.
Click Save.

Sync updated data

Manually sync data on a model

To sync a model with updated data:

Open your Lucidscale model.
Click the Model Data menu icon in the upper-left of the page.
Select Sync Model.

The model data will be updated to match that of your most recent imports.

Set up automatic model syncs

To enable automatic syncs when your data sources are updated, follow these steps:

Open your Lucidscale model.
Click the Model Data menu icon in the upper-left of the page.
Toggle on “Always sync Model with your latest updates.”

Once you have set this up, any time your data sources are manually or automatically updated, the model will sync to represent the most up-to-date resources.

FAQ

What is the auto sync limit?
The limit is 75 for both scheduling automatic data source updates and for setting up automatic model syncs.

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