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Work with Live Presto Data in Power Query
Use CData Connect Cloud to connect to Presto data and work with live Presto data in Microsoft Power Query.
Power Query is a data transformation and data preparation engine. When paired with CData Connect Cloud, you get instant, cloud-to-cloud access to Presto data from Power Query. This article shows how to connect to Connect Cloud from Power Query through Microsoft Excel and get live access to Presto data for transformation and preparation.
CData Connect Cloud provides a pure SQL, cloud-to-cloud interface for Presto, allowing you to easily integrate with live Presto data in Power Query — without replicating the data. CData Connect Cloud looks exactly like a SQL Server database to Power Query and uses optimized data processing out of the box to push all supported SQL operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to Presto, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return Presto data.
About Presto Data Integration
Accessing and integrating live data from Trino and Presto SQL engines has never been easier with CData. Customers rely on CData connectivity to:
- Access data from Trino v345 and above (formerly PrestoSQL) and Presto v0.242 and above (formerly PrestoDB)
- Read and write access all of the data underlying your Trino or Presto instances
- Optimized query generation for maximum throughput.
Presto and Trino allow users to access a variety of underlying data sources through a single endpoint. When paired with CData connectivity, users get pure, SQL-92 access to their instances, allowing them to integrate business data with a data warehouse or easily access live data directly from their preferred tools, like Power BI and Tableau.
In many cases, CData's live connectivity surpasses the native import functionality available in tools. One customer was unable to effectively use Power BI due to the size of the datasets needed for reporting. When the company implemented the CData Power BI Connector for Presto they were able to generate reports in real-time using the DirectQuery connection mode.
Getting Started
Configure Presto Connectivity for Power Query
Connectivity to Presto from Power Query is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with Presto data from Power Query, we start by creating and configuring a Presto connection.
- Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
- Select "Presto" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Presto.
Set the Server and Port connection properties to connect, in addition to any authentication properties that may be required.
To enable TLS/SSL, set UseSSL to true.
Authenticating with LDAP
In order to authenticate with LDAP, set the following connection properties:
- AuthScheme: Set this to LDAP.
- User: The username being authenticated with in LDAP.
- Password: The password associated with the User you are authenticating against LDAP with.
Authenticating with Kerberos
In order to authenticate with KERBEROS, set the following connection properties:
- AuthScheme: Set this to KERBEROS.
- KerberosKDC: The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) service used to authenticate the user.
- KerberosRealm: The Kerberos Realm used to authenticate the user with.
- KerberosSPN: The Service Principal Name for the Kerberos Domain Controller.
- KerberosKeytabFile: The Keytab file containing your pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys.
- User: The user who is authenticating to Kerberos.
- Password: The password used to authenticate to Kerberos.
- Click Create & Test
- Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Presto 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 Presto data from Power Query.
Working with Live Presto Data in Power Query
With the connection to Connect Cloud configured, you are ready to work with live Presto data in Power Query.
- In Microsoft Excel, open the Power Query Editor (from the Data ribbon, click Get Data -> Launch Power Query Editor)
- Click New Source -> SQL Server
- In the SQL Server database modal:
- Set Server to tds.cdata.com,14333
- (Optional) Set Database to the name of the Presto connection (e.g. Presto1 )
- In the SQL Server credentials modal, select "Database" and
- Set User to your Connect Cloud username (e.g. [email protected] )
- Set Password to the PAT for the above user
- Click Connect
- Select the table(s) you wish to work with in the Navigator and click "OK"
At this point, you have live access to Presto data from Power Query for transformation and preparation.
SQL Access to Presto Data
Now you have a direct connection to live Presto data from Microsoft Power Query. You can create more connections and transform and preparte your data to better drive business — all without replicating Presto data.
To get real-time data access to 100+ SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications, sign up for a free trial of CData Connect Cloud.
