You can add a connection to an Exadata database using ThoughtSpot DataFlow.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Connections in the top navigation bar.

2. In the Connections interface, click Add connection in the top right corner.

3. In the Create Connection interface, select the Connection type.

4. After you select the Exadata Connection type, the rest of the connection properties appear.

   • Connection name
     Name your connection.
   • Connection type
     Choose the Exadata connection type.
   • Host
     Specify the hostname or the IP address of the Exadata system
   • Port
     Specify the port associated to the Exadata system
   • User
     Specify the user id that will be used to connect to the Exadata system. This user should have necessary privileges to access the data in the databases.
   • Password
     Specify the password for the User
   • Service name
     Service name is the TNS alias that you give when you remotely connect to your database and this Service name is recorded in Tnsnames.ora file on your clients and it can be the same as SID and you can also give it any other name you want
   • Version
     Specify the Exadata version being connected to
   • JDBC options
     Specify the options associated with the JDBC URL.

   See Connection properties for details, defaults, and examples.

5. Click Create connection.