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Use CData Sync for automated, continuous, customizable Klipfolio replication to Vertica.
Always-on applications rely on automatic failover capabilities and real-time data access. CData Sync integrates live Klipfolio data into your Vertica instance, allowing you to consolidate all of your data into a single location for archiving, reporting, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and more.
Configure Vertica as a Replication Destination
Using CData Sync, you can replicate Klipfolio data to Vertica. To add a replication destination, navigate to the Connections tab.
- Click Add Connection.
- Select Vertica as a destination.
- Enter the necessary connection properties:
- Server: The host name or IP address of the Vertica database.
- Database: The name of the database hosted on the Vertica Server.
- User: The username of the authenticating Vertica database user.
- Password: The password of the authenticating Vertica database user.
- Port: The port for Vertica (5443 by default). This property is optional.
- Click Test Connection to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
- Click Save Changes.
Configure the Klipfolio Connection
You can configure a connection to Klipfolio from the Connections tab. To add a connection to your Klipfolio account, navigate to the Connections tab.
- Click Add Connection.
- Select a source (Klipfolio).
- Configure the connection properties.
Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Klipfolio Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Klipfolio.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Klipfolio (see below).
Klipfolio API Profile Settings
In order to authenticate to Klipfolio, you'll need to provide your API Key. You can generate an API key from the Klipfolio Dashboard app through either the My Profile page or from Users if you are an administrator (you must have the user.manage permission). Set the API Key in the ProfileSettings property to connect.
- Click Connect to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
- Click Save Changes.
Configure Replication Queries
CData Sync enables you to control replication with a point-and-click interface and with SQL queries. For each replication you wish to configure, navigate to the Jobs tab and click Add Job. Select the Source and Destination for your replication.
Replicate Entire Tables
To replicate an entire table, click Add Tables in the Tables section, choose the table(s) you wish to replicate, and click Add Selected Tables.
Customize Your Replication
You can use the Columns and Query tabs of a task to customize your replication. The Columns tab allows you to specify which columns to replicate, rename the columns at the destination, and even perform operations on the source data before replicating. The Query tab allows you to add filters, grouping, and sorting to the replication.Schedule Your Replication
In the Schedule section, you can schedule a job to run automatically, configuring the job to run after specified intervals ranging from once every 10 minutes to once every month.
Once you have configured the replication job, click Save Changes. You can configure any number of jobs to manage the replication of your Klipfolio data to Vertica.