Edit a Dremio connection

You can edit a Dremio connection to add tables and columns.

Follow these steps to edit an existing Dremio connection:

  1. Select Data in the top navigation bar.

  2. Select the Connections tab in the left navigation bar.

  3. Find the name of the connection.

    • Sort each column: Connection name, Connection type, _Modified (date), or Author.

    • Search on these categories.

  4. Select the name of the connection.

  5. Select Edit connection at the upper-right side of the page.

    Edit connection
  6. The Select tables page appears.

    • To change the connection name and description, select the Change connection name at the top of the screen.

    • To change the properties of the connection, such as authentication parameters, select the Update connection details option.

    • Select Continue to navigate through the editing workflow.

    Update connection
  7. After making all the necessary changes, select Update.

  8. Select Update to save the updated connection details.

Validate metadata

You can now validate connections to discover any changes in metadata after the connection was created. When you validate a connection, ThoughtSpot provides a JSON file containing details on any metadata changes. Once alerted to a metadata change, you can use TML to update the connection.

To validate your connection:

  1. Select Data in the top navigation bar.

  2. Open the Connections tab in the left navigation bar.

  3. Select the name of the connection you want to validate.

  4. Select the more options menu icon ellipsis icon and click Validate.

  5. If ThoughtSpot detects any changes to the connection’s metadata, the following message appears: "Your connection is not valid and requires metadata changes. You can download the list of changes affecting this connection by clicking on the button below."

    To download the change log, click Download metadata change log. The change log automatically downloads to your browser’s Downloads folder in JSON format.



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