Using the Amazon Redshift
connection type, you can connect an Amazon Redshift database.
Click Data Source
button in the configuration panel to add a new data connection.
Click CREATE NEW
to launch a new connection from the connection type panel.
Click Amazon Redshift
connection button in the connection type panel.
Set the server Name
and port number
where the Amazon Redshift service is running.
Enter the user name
and password
to connect to the Amazon Redshift.
There are two connection types available in a data source:
In this connection type, a data source is directly fetched from source. Choose the Live
mode option for this connection.
The selected database will be opened in the data design view window.
Drag and drop the table from table list, and click Save
button to save the data source with valid name.
In this connection type, a data source is fetched from source periodically. Choose the Extract
mode option for this connection.
NOTE: Initially, data will be extracted based on the Max Rows selected in order to proceed with data model creation. The remaining records (there is no limit) will be extracted during the next refresh.
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Select the recurrence type, recurrence start, and end dates in the Refresh Setting dialog box.
Schedule
.Click Connect
to connect the PostgreSql server with configured details.
The Choose Table(s) dialog opens. This dialog displays a list of tables and views in treeview. Select the required table(s) or view(s) from treeview to use it in the designer.
The option is available for configuring incremental refresh column (The table must have a primary key column and date column to configure this option) for the selected items in the right-side panel. If you configure it, then the data source will work on Incremental update, otherwise works on Full load concept. And finally click Connect
.
Click Save
to save the data source with a relevant name.
NOTE: In future, you can edit the connection information for both live and extract mode connections using the Edit Connection option.