Build Oracle SCM-Connected Visualizations in datapine

datapine is a browser-based business intelligence platform. When paired with the CData Connect Cloud, you get access to your Oracle SCM data directly from your datapine visualizations and dashboards. This article describes connecting to Oracle SCM in CData Connect Cloud and building a simple Oracle SCM-connected visualization in datapine.

CData Connect Cloud provides a pure SQL Server interface for Oracle SCM, allowing you to query data from Oracle SCM without replicating the data to a natively supported database. Using optimized data processing out of the box, CData Connect Cloud pushes all supported SQL operations (filters, JOINs, etc.) directly to Oracle SCM, leveraging server-side processing to return the requested Oracle SCM data quickly.

Configure Oracle SCM Connectivity for datapine

Connectivity to Oracle SCM from datapine is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with Oracle SCM data from datapine, we start by creating and configuring a Oracle SCM connection.

1. Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
2. Select "Oracle SCM" from the Add Connection panel
3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Oracle SCM.

   The following connection properties are required to connect to Oracle SCM data.

   • Url: The URL of the account that you want to connect to. Typically, this will be the URL of your Oracle Cloud service. For example, https://servername.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com.
   • User: The username of your Oracle Cloud service account.
   • Password: The password of your Oracle Cloud service account.
4. Click Create & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Oracle SCM 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.

1. Click on your username at the top right of the Connect Cloud app and click User Profile.
2. On the User Profile page, scroll down to the Personal Access Tokens section and click Create PAT.
3. Give your PAT a name and click Create.
4. The personal access token is only visible at creation, so be sure to copy it and store it securely for future use.

Connecting to Oracle SCM from datapine

Once you configure your connection to Oracle SCM in Connect Cloud, you are ready to connect to Oracle SCM from datapine.

1. Log into datapine
2. Click Connect to navigate to the "Connect" page
3. Select MS SQL Server as the data source
4. In the Integration step, fill in the connection properties and click "Save and Proceed"
   • Set the Internal Name
   • Set Database Name to the name of the connection we just configured (e.g. OracleSCM1)
   • Set Host / IP to "tds.cdata.com"
   • Set Username to your Connect Cloud username (e.g. user@mydomain.com)
   • Set Password to the corresponding PAT
   • Set Database Port to "14333"
5. In the Data Schema step, select the tables and fields to visualize and click "Save and Proceed"
6. In the References step, define any relationships between your selected tables and click "Save and Proceed"
7. In the Data Transfer step, click "Go to Analyzer"

Visualize Oracle SCM Data in datapine

After connecting to CData Connect Cloud, you are ready to visualize your Oracle SCM data in datapine. Simply select the dimensions and measures you wish to visualize!

Having connect to Oracle SCM from datapine, you are now able to visualize and analyze real-time Oracle SCM data no matter where you are. To get live data access to 100+ SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from datapine, try CData Connect Cloud today!