Learn about the fields used to create a MySQL connection with ThoughtSpot DataFlow.
Here is a list of the fields for a MySQL connection in ThoughtSpot DataFlow. You need specific information to establish a seamless and secure connection.
Connection properties
- Connection name
- Name your connection.
- Mandatory field.
- Example:
MySQLConnection - Connection type
- Choose the MySQL connection type.
- Mandatory field.
- Example:
MySQL - Host
- Specify the hostname or the IP address of the MySQL system
- Mandatory field.
- Example:
www.example.com - Port
- Specify the port associated to the MySQL system
- Mandatory field.
- Example:
1234 - User
- Specify the user id that will be used to connect to the MySQL system. This user should have necessary privileges to access the data in the databases
- Mandatory field.
- Example:
userdi - Password
- Specify the password for the App User
- Mandatory field.
- Example:
pswrd234%! - Version
- Specify the MYSQL version being connected to.
- Optional field.
- Example:
5.1x - Other notes:
These are under Advanced configuration - JDBC options
- Specify the options associated with the JDBC URL.
- Optional field.
- Example:
jdbc:sqlserver://[serverName[\instanceName][:portNumber]] - Other notes:
Advanced configuration
Sync properties
- Column delimiter
- Specify the column delimiter character.
- Mandatory field.
- Example:
1 - Valid Values:
Any printable ASCII character or decimal value for ASCII character - Default:
The delimiter specified in sync - Enclosing character
- Specify if the text columns in the source data needs to be enclosed in quotes.
- Optional field.
- Example:
DOUBLE - Valid Values:
Single, Double - Default:
DOUBLE - Other notes:
This is required if the text data has newline character or delimiter character. - Escape character
- Specify the escape character if using a text qualifier in the source data.
- Optional field.
- Example:
\" - Valid Values:
Any ASCII character - Default:
\" - Fetch size
- Specify the number of rows to be fetched at a time and processed in memory. If the value specified is zero then, all rows are extracted at once.
- Mandatory field.
- Example:
1000 - Valid Values:
Any numeric value - Default:
1000 - TS load options
- 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:
--max_ignored_rows 0 - Valid Values:
--null_value "" --escape_character "" --max_ignored_rows 0 - Default:
--max_ignored_rows 0