Databricks Delta Lake connection reference
Learn about the fields used to create Databricks Delta Lake connection with ThoughtSpot DataFlow.
Here is a list of the fields for a Databricks Delta Lake 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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AzureDatabricksConnection
- Connection type
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Choose the Azure Databricks connection type. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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Azure Databricks
- Server Hostname
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Specify the hostname of the Databricks server. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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www.example.com
- Port
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Specify the port associated with the system. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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1234
- Default:
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443
- HTTP path
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Specify the HTTP Path. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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abcservice
- Protocol
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Specify the remote server connection. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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https
- Valid Values:
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https, http
- Default:
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https
- Cluster id
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Specify the canonical identifier for the cluster. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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1234
- Access token
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Specify the access token to authenticate Databricks API. Mandatory field.
- Example:
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ABCDEFGH245HIJK
- DBFS stage location
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Specify the mount storage object location. Mandatory field.
- Default:
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/dataflow/stage
Sync properties
- Data extraction mode
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Specify the extraction type.
- Example:
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JDBC
- Valid Values:
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JDBC, Spark API
- 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 this if the text qualifier is mentioned. This should be the character which escapes the text qualifier character 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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\"
- Max ignored rows
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Abort the transaction after encountering 'n' ignored rows. Optional field.
- Example:
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0
- Valid Values:
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Any numeric value
- Default:
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0
- tsload 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> = <param_1_value>- Example:
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date_time_format = %Y-%m-%d date_format = %Y-%m-%d;time_format = %H:%M:%S - Valid Values:
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null_value = NULL max_ignored_rows = 0 - Default:
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max_ignored_rows = 0
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