Learn about the fields used to create a JDBC connection with ThoughtSpot DataFlow.
Here is a list of the fields for a jdbc 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:
JDBCConnection - Connection type
- Choose the JDBC connection type.
- Mandatory field.
- Example:
JDBC - Driver name
- Specify the JDBC driver class for the database connection.
- Mandatory field.
- JDBC URL
- Specify the jdbc url for database connection.
- Mandatory field.
- Example:
jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1234;databaseName=PUBS - JDBC driver jar
- Upload the jdbc jar available in local system.
- Mandatory field.
- JDBC options
- Select if custom JDBC options to be appended to the JDBC extract command
- Optional field.
- Key
- Define the key parameter
- Mandatory field.
- Value
- Specify the value for key paramter
- Mandatory field.
- Encrypt
- Enrypt the details for secured authentication
- Optional field.
Select the check-box to enrypt the details - Schema object name enclosing character
- Specify the schema object name enclosing character.
- Optional field.
- Default:
" - 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:
1 - 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 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:
\" - Valid Values:
Any ASCII character - Default:
\" - 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