Bright Data Reporting and Star Schemas in OBIEE

Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism

Create a star schema that shows perspectives on Bright Data facts in real time.

The CData ODBC Driver for Bright Data is a standard database driver that can integrate real-time access to Bright Data data into your data warehouse or directly into your reporting tool. This article shows how to bypass the data warehouse and import operational Bright Data data into Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE).

See the knowledge base for ODBC integrations with ETL tools like Informatica PowerCenter. For an ETL solution into Oracle Warehouse Builder, use the driver with the Oracle ODBC Gateway to Access Bright Data Data as a Remote Oracle Database.

Connect to Bright 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.

Using API Key Authentication

To use the Bright Data API, you need an API key from the Bright Data Control Panel. Navigate to Account Settings > API to generate or retrieve your API key.

After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:

AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
APIKey: Set this to your Bright Data API key from the Control Panel.

Example connection string:

Profile=C:\profiles\BrightData.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;ProfileSettings="APIKey=your_api_key"

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 Bright Data Metadata

Follow the steps below to use the OBIEE Client Tools to import Bright Data metadata into an OBIEE repository. You can then integrate Bright Data data into your business models.

Open the Administration Tool and click File -> New Repository.
In the Connection Type menu, select ODBC 3.5 and select the CData DSN.
Select the metadata types you want to import under the Relational Sources option and then select Bright Data tables.

You can now create star schemas based on Bright Data tables: Fact and dimension tables. (Salesforce is shown.)

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