Connect to Data from REST Endpoints

You can connect to data sources with REST endpoints in JSON format and analyze the data. For example, connect to SaaS or PaaS applications or government data such as weather, spatial, or census data.

Connecting to data via REST endpoints enables you to analyze data from many transactional SaaS or PaaS applications without having to understand the internal format or structure of the data.

Before you start, make sure that the data source can output data in JSON format.

1. Store the data source's REST endpoint connection details in a JSON file. See Specifying REST Endpoint Connection Details in a JSON File.
   You can download example JSON files from the Oracle Analytics Public Library. See JSON Examples for Common Data Sources with REST Endpoints.
2. Create a connection in Oracle Analytics by uploading the zipped JSON file. See Create a Connection to a Data Source with REST Endpoints.
3. Use the connection. For example, from the Home page, click Create, then Dataset, then select the connection that you created in Step 2.

See Troubleshooting Connection to Data Sources with REST Endpoints.