Create an SAP BusinessObjects Universe on the CData ODBC Driver for SingleStore

This article shows how to create and publish an SAP BusinessObjects universe on the CData ODBC Driver for SingleStore. You will connect to SingleStore data from the Information Design Tool as well as the Web Intelligence tool.

Connect to SingleStore 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.

The following connection properties are required in order to connect to data.

• Server: The host name or IP of the server hosting the SingleStore database.
• Port: The port of the server hosting the SingleStore database.
• Database (Optional): The default database to connect to when connecting to the SingleStore Server. If this is not set, tables from all databases will be returned.

Connect Using Standard Authentication

To authenticate using standard authentication, set the following:

• User: The user which will be used to authenticate with the SingleStore server.
• Password: The password which will be used to authenticate with the SingleStore server.

Connect Using Integrated Security

As an alternative to providing the standard username and password, you can set IntegratedSecurity to True to authenticate trusted users to the server via Windows Authentication.

Connect Using SSL Authentication

You can leverage SSL authentication to connect to SingleStore data via a secure session. Configure the following connection properties to connect to data:

• SSLClientCert: Set this to the name of the certificate store for the client certificate. Used in the case of 2-way SSL, where truststore and keystore are kept on both the client and server machines.
• SSLClientCertPassword: If a client certificate store is password-protected, set this value to the store's password.
• SSLClientCertSubject: The subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate. Used to locate the certificate in the store.
• SSLClientCertType: The certificate type of the client store.
• SSLServerCert: The certificate to be accepted from the server.

Connect Using SSH Authentication

Using SSH, you can securely login to a remote machine. To access SingleStore data via SSH, configure the following connection properties:

• SSHClientCert: Set this to the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
• SSHClientCertPassword: If a client certificate store is password-protected, set this value to the store's password.
• SSHClientCertSubject: The subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate. Used to locate the certificate in the store.
• SSHClientCertType: The certificate type of the client store.
• SSHPassword: The password that you use to authenticate with the SSH server.
• SSHPort: The port used for SSH operations.
• SSHServer: The SSH authentication server you are trying to authenticate against.
• SSHServerFingerPrint: The SSH Server fingerprint used for verification of the host you are connecting to.
• SSHUser: Set this to the username that you use to authenticate with the SSH server.

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.

Create an ODBC Connection to SingleStore Data

This section shows how to create a connection to the SingleStore ODBC data source in the Information Design Tool. After you create a connection, you can analyze data or create a BusinessObjects universe.

1. Right-click your project and click New -> New Relational Connection.

2. In the wizard that is displayed, enter a name for the connection.

3. Select Generic -> Generic ODBC datasource -> ODBC Drivers and select the DSN.

4. Finish the wizard with the default values for connection pooling and custom parameters.

Analyze SingleStore Data in the Information Design Tool

In the Information Design Tool, you can use both published and local ODBC connections to browse and query data.

1. In the Local Projects view, double-click the connection (the .cnx file) to open the SingleStore data source.

2. On the Show Values tab, you can load table data and enter SQL queries. To view table data, expand the node for the table, right-click the table, and click Show Values. Values will be displayed in the Raw Data tab.

3. On the Analysis tab, you can drag and drop columns onto the axes of a chart.

Publish the Local Connection

To publish the universe to the CMS, you additionally need to publish the connection.

1. In the Local Projects view, right-click the connection and click Publish Connection to a Repository.

2. Enter the host and port of the repository and connection credentials.

3. Select the folder where the connection will be published.

4. In the success dialog that results, click Yes to create a connection shortcut.

Create a Universe on the ODBC Driver for SingleStore

You can follow the steps below to create a universe on the ODBC driver for SingleStore. The universe in this example will be published to a repository, so it uses the published connection created in the previous step.

1. In the Information Design Tool, click File->New Universe.

2. Select your project.

3. Select the option to create the universe on a relational data source.

4. Select the shortcut to the published connection.

5. Enter a name for the Data Foundation.

6. Import tables and columns that you want to access as objects.

7. Enter a name for the Business Layer.

Publish the Universe

You can follow the steps below to publish the universe to the CMS.

1. In the Local Projects view, right-click the business layer and click Publish -> To a Repository.

2. In the Publish Universe dialog, enter any integrity checks before importing.

3. Select or create a folder on the repository where the universe will be published.

Query SingleStore Data in Web Intelligence

You can use the published universe to connect to SingleStore in Web Intelligence.

1. Open Web Intelligence from the BusinessObjects launchpad and create a new document.

2. Select the Universe option for the data source.

3. Select the SingleStore universe. This opens a Query Panel. Drag objects to the Result Objects pane to use them in the query.