Pentaho Business Analytics
This section provides you with information on how to connect Pentaho Business Analytics to your Exasol database.
Prerequisite
You need to have the following:
- Exasol database running and reachable through a public network.
- Exasol JDBC Driver downloaded and installed. For more information about JDBC driver, see JDBC Driver.
Connect Pentaho to Exasol
Follow these steps to connect Pentaho to Exasol:
- Copy and paste the Exasol JDBC driver into the Pentaho server directory. The server directory is located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Pentaho\server\pentaho-server\tomcat\lib
- From the Pentaho User Console (PUC), click Manage Data Sources.
- On the Manage Data Source dialog box, you need to define a new connection. Click the gear icon for more menu options and then click New Connection.
- The Database Connection dialog box is displayed as show in the below image. Enter the data connection information:
- Connection Name: Enter a name for the connection.
- Database Type: Set the database type to Generic database.
- Access: Set it to Native (JDBC).
- Settings:
- Custom Connection URL: Enter the connection URL to your database instance along with the port number.
- Custom Driver Class Name: Enter the drive class name, which is com.exasol.jdbc.EXADriver.
- User Name: Enter the user name to connect to the database. This step is optional.
- Password: Enter the password to connect to the database. This step is optional.
- Click Test to test the connection. A success message is displayed if a connection is established.
- Click Ok to close the Database Connection dialog box and then click Close.
- To be able to use tables that you need from the Exasol instance, you may need to create a new data source. On the User Console Home, click Create New, then click Data Source.
- The Data Source Wizard is displayed. Enter a name for the data source. From the Source Type drop-down list select Database Tables(s). Click Next.
- In the Connections section, select the connection you created in earlier (in step 3). Click Next.
- Select the schema you want to use from the Schema drop-down list and select the tables by moving them to the Selected Tables section.
- Click Finish. You will now be able to create dashboards and reports from User Console Home.
Once done, you need to restart the Pentaho server if it is already running.