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You can use the CData ODBC Driver to integrate Amazon S3 data into the statistical analysis tools available in SAS JMP. This article shows how to use Amazon S3 data in the Graph Builder and Query Builder.
You can use the CData ODBC Driver for Amazon S3 to integrate live data into your statistical analysis with SAS JMP. The driver proxies your queries directly to the Amazon S3 API, ensuring that your analysis reflects any changes to the data. The CData ODBC Driver supports the standard SQL used by JMP in the background as you design reports.
This article shows how to access Amazon S3 data into a report and create data visualization. It also shows how to use SQL to query Amazon S3 data from the JMP Query Builder.
Access Amazon S3 Data as an ODBC Data Source
If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.
To authorize Amazon S3 requests, provide the credentials for an administrator account or for an IAM user with custom permissions. Set AccessKey to the access key Id. Set SecretKey to the secret access key.
Note: You can connect as the AWS account administrator, but it is recommended to use IAM user credentials to access AWS services.
For information on obtaining the credentials and other authentication methods, refer to the Getting Started section of the Help documentation.
When you configure the DSN, you may also want to set the Max Rows connection property. This will limit the number of rows returned, which is especially helpful for improving performance when designing reports and visualizations.
Import Amazon S3 Data with the Query Builder
After you have created the Amazon S3 DSN, you can use SQL to invoke the capabilities of the Amazon S3 API. Follow the steps below to execute some supported queries in the Query Builder:
- In SAS JMP, click File -> Database -> Query Builder. The Select Database Connection dialog is displayed.
- Click New Connection.
- On the Machine Data Source tab, select the DSN. In the next step, the Select Tables for Query dialog is displayed.
- In the Available Tables section, select a table and click Primary.
- As you drag Available Columns to the Included Columns tab, the underlying SQL query is updated.
- Click Run Query to display the data.
- To refresh the results with the current data, right-click Update from Database and click Run Script.
Visualize Amazon S3 Data
After importing, you can use the Graph Builder to create graphs visually. To open the Graph Builder, click the Graph Builder button in the toolbar.
- Drag a dimension column onto the x axis. For example, Name.
- Drag a measure column onto the y axis. For example, OwnerId.
- Select a chart type. For example, a bar chart.