Connect to Redshift Data in DBArtisan

The CData ODBC Driver for Redshift seamlessly integrates Redshift data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Redshift data as a database. This article shows how to create an data source for Redshift in DBArtisan and execute queries. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.

Integrate Redshift Data into DBArtisan Projects

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

To connect to Redshift, set the following:

• Server: Set this to the host name or IP address of the cluster hosting the Database you want to connect to.
• Port: Set this to the port of the cluster.
• Database: Set this to the name of the database. Or, leave this blank to use the default database of the authenticated user.
• User: Set this to the username you want to use to authenticate to the Server.
• Password: Set this to the password you want to use to authenticate to the Server.

You can obtain the Server and Port values in the AWS Management Console:

1. Open the Amazon Redshift console (http://console.aws.amazon.com/redshift).
2. On the Clusters page, click the name of the cluster.
3. On the Configuration tab for the cluster, copy the cluster URL from the connection strings displayed.

You can then follow the steps below to register Redshift data as a database instance in your project:

1. In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
2. Select Generic ODBC.
3. Enter a name for the data source and select the DSN.
4. Finish the wizard to connect to Redshift data. Redshift entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.

You can now work with Redshift data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Redshift API.