Create Reports from EnterpriseDB Data in Looker Studio

Looker Studio, formerly known as Google Data Studio, empowers users to craft customized reports featuring data visualizations that can be shared with clients while reflecting your brand identity. When combined with CData Connect AI, you gain immediate cloud-to-cloud access to EnterpriseDB data to create visualizations, dashboards, and more. This article provides step-by-step instructions on establishing a virtual database for EnterpriseDB and generating reports from EnterpriseDB data within Looker Studio.

CData Connect AI offers a seamless cloud-to-cloud interface tailored for EnterpriseDB, making it straightforward to construct reports directly from live EnterpriseDB data within Looker Studio without the need for data replication. As you create visualizations, Looker Studio generates queries to retrieve data. With its inherent optimized data processing capabilities, CData Connect AI efficiently channels all supported query operations, including filters, JOINs, and more, directly to EnterpriseDB. This leverages server-side processing to swiftly provide the requested EnterpriseDB data.

Configure EnterpriseDB Connectivity for Looker Studio

Connectivity to EnterpriseDB from Looker Studio is made possible through CData Connect AI. To work with EnterpriseDB data from Looker Studio, we start by creating and configuring a EnterpriseDB connection.

1. Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection

2. Select "EnterpriseDB" from the Add Connection panel

3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to EnterpriseDB.

   The following connection properties are required in order to connect to data.

   • Server: The host name or IP of the server hosting the EnterpriseDB database.
   • Port: The port of the server hosting the EnterpriseDB database.

   You can also optionally set the following:

   • Database: The default database to connect to when connecting to the EnterpriseDB Server. If this is not set, the user's default database will be used.

   Connect Using Standard Authentication

   To authenticate using standard authentication, set the following:

   • User: The user which will be used to authenticate with the EnterpriseDB server.
   • Password: The password which will be used to authenticate with the EnterpriseDB server.

   Connect Using SSL Authentication

   You can leverage SSL authentication to connect to EnterpriseDB data via a secure session. Configure the following connection properties to connect to data:

   • SSLClientCert: Set this to the name of the certificate store for the client certificate. Used in the case of 2-way SSL, where truststore and keystore are kept on both the client and server machines.
   • SSLClientCertPassword: If a client certificate store is password-protected, set this value to the store's password.
   • SSLClientCertSubject: The subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate. Used to locate the certificate in the store.
   • SSLClientCertType: The certificate type of the client store.
   • SSLServerCert: The certificate to be accepted from the server.
   
4. Click Save & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add EnterpriseDB Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to EnterpriseDB data from Looker Studio.

Visualize Live EnterpriseDB Data from Looker Studio

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect AI from Looker Studio to create a new EnterpriseDB data source and build a simple visualization from the data.

1. Log into Looker Studio, click data sources, create a new data source, and choose CData Connect AI Connector.

2. Click Authorize and allow access to your Google account.
3. Click Authorize to authenticate with your CData Connect AI instance
4. In the CData Connect AI Connector in Looker Studio select Connections to import from the dropdown and click Next

5. Now select a Connection (e.g. EnterpriseDB1) and click Next
6. Select a Table (e.g. Orders) or use a Custom Query and click Connect to continue
7. If needed, modify columns, click Create Report, and add the data source to the report.

8. Select a visualization style and add it to the report.
9. Select Dimensions and Measures to customize your visualization.

Live Access to EnterpriseDB Data from Cloud Applications

Now you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live EnterpriseDB data from your Looker Studio workbook. You can create more data sources and new visualizations, build reports, and more — all without replicating EnterpriseDB data.

Try CData Connect AI and get real-time data access to hundreds of SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications.