- Welcome
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Course Overview
- Understanding Writeback in ThoughtSpot
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Writeback Concepts, Use Cases, and Prerequisites 8 min
- Using Writeback
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Creating Input Tables in Search Data 6 min
- Review
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Review 10 min
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Knowledge Check 5 min
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Feedback
Writeback
Course 7 of 10 in Data Expert Learning Path
Plan against actuals without the exporting and re-importing from a spreadsheet. Learn to create input tables and write your plans back to your warehouse.
This course shows how to create input tables in Search data, so teams can bring in numbers the warehouse doesn't have — sales targets, promotion estimates, cost assumptions — without emailing and re-uploading external spreadsheets.
You'll see how an input table writes back to your connected cloud data warehouse, which stays the single source of truth. Measures like Sales remain in the Model, and formulas combine the two so teams can plan against actuals in one place.
The course demonstrates how to: choose key columns, shape those keys, add editable input columns, enter data, save the table, then use the new columns in search. Along the way, you'll learn how to:
- Select key columns from existing Model attributes and dates to form the table's primary key
- Apply a time bucket and filter to a date key, such as Quarter for a specific year
- Add input columns with the right data type
- Enter or paste data to the input columns
- Edit or delete input tables from the data panel
- Write a formula that applies input values to actual sales and treats blanks as no change
By the end, you'll be able to configure an input table from Search Data and make its input columns available to end users in Search data and Spotter.