Manage Connections to Data Sources
Manage connections to your data sources.
Topics:
Create a Connection to a Data Source
You can create a connection to enable you to analyze data in that data source.
Edit a Data Source Connection
You can update a data source's connection details.
- In the Data page, click Connections.
- Hover over the connection that you want to edit. To the right of the highlighted connection, click Actions menu, and select Inspect.
- In the Inspect dialog, edit the connection details.
- Click Save.
If you’re editing an SSL connection to an Oracle Database and you need to use a new
cwallet.sso
file, in the Client
Wallet field, click Select to browse for the
cwallet.sso
file. Ask your administrator for the location
of the cwallet.sso
file.
You must provide a unique Connection Name. If a connection with the same name already exists in your system, an error message is displayed. You can’t see or edit the current password for your connection. If you need to change it, you must create a connection that uses the same password.
Delete a Data Source Connection
You can remove a data source connection from Oracle Analytics Cloud. For example, you must delete a database connection and create a new connection when the database's password has changed.
If the connection contains any data sets, then you must delete the data sets before you can delete the connection.
- Go to the Data page and select Connections.
- Hover over the connection that you want to delete. To the right of the highlighted connection, click Actions menu, and select Delete.
- Click Yes.
Database Connection Options
When you specify connection details using the Create Connection dialog or Inspect dialog, some database types have extra options.
General Options
- When you create connections to Oracle Databases, you
can connect in two ways using the Connection Type option:
- Basic - Specify the Host, Port, and Service Name of the database.
- Advanced - In the
Connection String field specify the Single
Client Access Name (SCAN) ID of databases running in a RAC cluster. For
example:
sales.example.com =(DESCRIPTION= (ADDRESS_LIST= (LOAD_BALANCE=on)(FAILOVER=ON) (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=123.45.67.111)(PORT=1521)) (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=123.45.67.222)(PORT=1521)) (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=123.45.67.333)(PORT=1521))) (CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME= salesservice.example.com)))
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Enable Bulk Replication - If you’re loading a data set for a project, then this option should be turned off and you can ignore it. This option is reserved for data analysts and advanced users for replicating data from one database to another database.
Authentication Options
- Always use these credentials - The login name and password you provide for the connection are always used and users aren’t prompted to log in.
- Require users to enter their own credentials - Prompt users to enter their own user name and password for the data source. Users required to log in see only the data that they have the permissions, privileges, and role assignments to see.
- (Displayed if Oracle Analytics supports impersonation for this database type) Use the active user’s credentials - Users aren’t prompted to sign in to access the data. The same credentials they used to sign in to Oracle Analytics Cloud are also used to access this data source.