Bold BI Dashboard designer (Enterprise) supports connecting to datasources through Open Database Connectivity (ODBC).
Dashboard designer (Enterprise) supports connecting to the ODBC data sources through following two connection modes.
• Data Source Name (DSN).
• Drivers
Create a DSN using the 32-bit driver architecture and Bold BI will retrieve the 32-bit DSN architecture types from the windows registry.
• If the Bold BI is installed in IIS, it will show the system DSN alone because all the applications hosted in IIS are considered and running on the system user privilege.
By default, IIS (inetinfo.exe) is configured to run in the system account context, but you can use the services console to change the identity of various services. So that they can run in a user account rather than the system account and the system DSN will work only under the hosted application in IIS.
• If the Bold BI is installed in IIS Express, we will list out the system and user DSN from the installed machine. So that you can connect using both the system and user DSN.
ODBC Data source can also be connect through the drivers. If the Bold BI is installed in IIS Express, list out the drivers from the installed machine. So that you can connect using the driver.
To configure the ODBC data source, follow these steps:
Click the Data Sources button in the configuration panel to add a new data connection.
Click CREATE NEW to launch a new connection from the connection panel.
Select the ODBC connection in the connection panel.
NOTE: You can also create a data source from the home page by clicking the Data Sources menu from left menu panel and Create Data Source from the data sources page.
After clicking the data source, the NEW DATA SOURCE configuration panel opens. The following ODBC drivers are supported:
Follow the given steps to create an ODBC data source:
Enter a name and description (optional) for the data source.
A drop-down box for ODBC Connection Type.
Choose a DSN name from the drop-down list.
Enter a valid ODBC server username in the UserName text box.
Enter a valid ODBC server password in the Password text box.
Enter a valid ODBC server database name (optional) in the Database text box.
In future, you can edit the connection information using Edit Connection option.
Enter a name and description (optional) for the data source.
Enter a valid ODBC server or host name in the ServerName text box.
Enter the port in which the server is running in Port text box.
Enter a valid ODBC username in the UserName text box.
Enter a valid ODBC password in the Password text box.
Enter a valid ODBC database name in the Database text box.
Click Connect to connect the ODBC server with configured details. The schema represents the collection list that are retrieved from the ODBC server. This dialog box displays the list of schemas in tree view and its corresponding values.
Now, the data design view page with selected table schema opens. Drag the table.
You can use the Code View options for passing query to display data.
Click Save to save the data source with a relevant name.
If the Bold BI is installed in IIS, we will list the system DSN values from the installed machine. By default, the application will be hosted in IIS 32-bit mode. So, we will list only the 32-bit System DSN values in Bold BI ODBC connector.
Following steps to connect the 64-bit values: