Splice Machine connection reference for DataFlow
Learn about the fields used to create a Splice Machine connection with ThoughtSpot DataFlow.
Here is a list of the fields for a Splice Machine connection in ThoughtSpot DataFlow. You need specific information to establish a seamless and secure connection.
Connection properties
- Connection name
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Name your connection. Mandatory field.
- Example
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SpliceMachineConnection
- Connection type
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Choose the Splice Machine connection type. Mandatory field.
- Example
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Splice Machine
- Host
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Specify the hostname or the IP address of the Splice Machine system Mandatory field.
- Example
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www.example.com
- Port
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Specify the port associated with the Splice Machine system Mandatory field.
- Example
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1234
- User
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Specify the user id that will be used to connect to the Splice Machine system. This user should have necessary privileges to access the data in the databases. Mandatory field.
- Example
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userdi
- Password
- Password
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Specify the password for the User.
Mandatory field.
- Example:
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pswrd234%!
- Database
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Collection of information that is organized so that it can be easily accessed, managed and updated. Mandatory field.
- Example
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splicedb
- Hadoop version
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Specify the version of Hadoop you are using Mandatory field.
- Example
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HDP_2.6.4
- HDFS host
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Specify the hostname or the IP address of the HDFS Optional field.
- Example
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www.example.com
- Other notes
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Advanced configuration.
- HDFS port
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Specify the port associated to the HDFS Optional field.
- Example
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1235
- Other notes
-
Advanced configuration.
- HDFS temp location
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Specify the HDFS location for creating temp directory Optional field.
- Example
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/user/splice/tmp
- Other notes
-
Advanced configuration.
- JDBC options
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Specify the options associated with the JDBC URL.
Optional field.
- Example:
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jdbc:sqlserver://[serverName[\instanceName][:portNumber]] - Other notes:
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Advanced configuration.
Sync properties
- Data extraction mode
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Specify the extraction type. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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JDBC
- Valid Values:
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JDBC, BULK Export
- Default:
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JDBC
- Column delimiter
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Specify the column delimiter character. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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1
- Valid Values:
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Any printable ASCII character or decimal value for ASCII character
- Default:
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1
- Enclosing character
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Specify if the text columns in the source data needs to be enclosed in quotes. Optional field.
- Example:
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DOUBLE
- Valid Values:
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SINGLE, DOUBLE
- Default:
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DOUBLE
- Other notes:
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This is required if the text data has newline character or delimiter character.
- Escape character
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Specify the escape character if using a text qualifier in the source data. Optional field.
- Example:
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\"
- Valid Values:
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Any ASCII character
- Default:
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\"
- Fetch size
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Specify the number of rows at a time to fetch and process in memory. If you specify zero, the system extracts all rows at once. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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1000
- Valid Values:
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Any numeric value
- Default:
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1000
- TS load options
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Specifies the parameters passed with the
tsloadcommand, in addition to the commands already included by the application. The format for these parameters is:--<param_1_name> <optional_param_1_value> --<param_2_name> <optional_param_2_value>Optional field.
- Example:
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--max_ignored_rows 0 - Valid Values:
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--null_value "" --escape_character "" --max_ignored_rows 0 - Default:
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--max_ignored_rows 0
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