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Get the Report →Model, Search, and Visualize Live Oracle Data in ThoughtSpot
Use CData Connect Cloud to connect to live Oracle data for modeling, searching, and visualizing.
ThoughtSpot is a cloud-based analytics platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) to help users analyze data and make decisions. When paired with CData Connect Cloud, you get instant, cloud-to-cloud access to Oracle data for visualizations, dashboards, and more. This article shows how to connect to Oracle and build visualizations from Oracle data in ThoughtSpot.
CData Connect Cloud provides a pure SQL Server, cloud-to-cloud interface for Oracle, allowing you to easily build models and visualizations from live Oracle data in ThoughtSpot. As you build visualizations, ThoughtSpot generates SQL queries to gather data. Using optimized data processing out of the box, CData Connect Cloud pushes all supported SQL operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to Oracle, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return Oracle data.
Configure Oracle Connectivity for ThoughtSpot
Connectivity to Oracle from ThoughtSpot is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with Oracle data from ThoughtSpot, we start by creating and configuring a Oracle connection.
- Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
- Select "Oracle" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Oracle.
To connect to Oracle, you'll first need to update your PATH variable and ensure it contains a folder location that includes the native DLLs. The native DLLs can be found in the lib folder inside the installation directory. Once you've done this, set the following to connect:
- Port: The port used to connect to the server hosting the Oracle database.
- User: The user Id provided for authentication with the Oracle database.
- Password: The password provided for authentication with the Oracle database.
- Service Name: The service name of the Oracle database.
- Click Create & Test
- Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Oracle Connection page and update the User-based permissions.
Add a Personal Access Token
If you are connecting from a service, application, platform, or framework that does not support OAuth authentication, you can create a Personal Access Token (PAT) to use for authentication. Best practices would dictate that you create a separate PAT for each service, to maintain granularity of access.
- Click on your username at the top right of the Connect Cloud app and click User Profile.
- On the User Profile page, scroll down to the Personal Access Tokens section and click Create PAT.
- Give your PAT a name and click Create.
- The personal access token is only visible at creation, so be sure to copy it and store it securely for future use.
With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Oracle data from ThoughtSpot.
Model, Search, and Visualize Live Oracle Data in ThoughtSpot
To establish a connection from ThoughtSpot to the CData Connect Cloud Virtual SQL Server API, follow these steps.
- Log into ThoughtSpot
- On the top navigation bar, click Data.
- Click Create new > Connection.
- Name the connection and click "SQL Server" as the data warehouse.
- Click Continue on the top right.
- Enter the connection settings:
- Host: enter the Virtual SQL Server endpoint: tds.cdata.com
- Port: : enter 14333
- Username: enter your CData Connect Cloud username. This is displayed in the top-right corner of the CData Connect Cloud interface. For example, [email protected].
- Password: enter the PAT you generated on the Settings page.
- Database: enter the Connection Name of the CData Connect Cloud data source you want to connect to (for example, OracleOCI1).
- Click Continue.
- After connecting successfully, you will be able to choose which tables to include.
- Click Create Connection.
After you successfully configure your connection, you can build models, search, and visualize your Oracle data.
Real-Time Access to Oracle Data from Cloud Applications
At this point, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live Oracle data from ThoughtSpot. You can model, search, and visualize your data from ThoughtSpot . For more information on gaining live access to data from more than 100 SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources from cloud applications like ThoughtSpot, refer to our Connect Cloud page.