Data Connection o FusionInsight Elk

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Application Scenario

This document introduces how to connect to the FusionInsight Elk database in FineBI.

Note:

This database does not support data tables with direct connection attributes.

Version/Driver

Connection Information Collection

1. Download the driver package and upload it to FineBI. For details, see section "Uploading the Database Driver" in Driver Management. Click Save after successful upload, as shown in the following figure.

Before connecting the database, you need to collect the following information:

• IP address and port number of the database server

• Database name

• Username and password (if username and password authentication is used); client principal and keytab file path (if Kerberos authentication is used)

1. Log in to FineBI, choose System Management > Data Connection, and click New Data Connection, as shown in the following figure.

2. Select All, and find the FusionInsight Elk icon, as shown in the following figure.

3. Enter the connection information collected in section "Connection Information Connection", as shown in the following figure.

For details about Kerberos authentication, see Kerberos Authentication in Data Connection.

4. Click Click to Connect Database to test whether the connection is successful. Select the database schema as needed after successful connection, and click Save, as shown in the following figure. 

Two methods are available to add tables from the FusionInsight Elk database to FineBI.

• Adding Database Tables

• Adding SQL Datasets