Shippo Reporting and Star Schemas in OBIEE



Create a star schema that shows perspectives on Shippo facts in real time.

The CData ODBC Driver for Shippo is a standard database driver that can integrate real-time access to Shippo data into your data warehouse or directly into your reporting tool. This article shows how to bypass the data warehouse and import operational Shippo data into Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE).

See the knowledge base for ODBC integrations with ETL tools like Informatica PowerCenter. For an ETL solution into Oracle Warehouse Builder, use the driver with the Oracle ODBC Gateway to Access Shippo Data as a Remote Oracle Database.

Connect to Shippo as an ODBC Data Source

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.

Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Shippo Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Shippo.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Shippo (see below).

Shippo API Profile Settings

In order to authenticate to Shippo, you will need an API Key. You can find this API key under 'Settings' > 'API' > 'Generate Token'. After generating your key, set it to the APIKey in ProfileSettings connection property.

When you configure the DSN, you may also want to set the Max Rows connection property. This will limit the number of rows returned, which is especially helpful for improving performance when designing reports and visualizations.

Import Shippo Metadata

Follow the steps below to use the OBIEE Client Tools to import Shippo metadata into an OBIEE repository. You can then integrate Shippo data into your business models.

  1. Open the Administration Tool and click File -> New Repository.

  2. In the Connection Type menu, select ODBC 3.5 and select the CData DSN.
  3. Select the metadata types you want to import under the Relational Sources option and then select Shippo tables.
You can now create star schemas based on Shippo tables:

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