Connecting your database
Now that we have created our new workspace, it is time to connect data to Anlytic for analysis and reporting. In this section we are going to walk you through how to set up your first data connection in Anlytic platform.
Please contact us if your database is not supported yet. We are working hard to increase the connectors.
Setup connection
On top of the lefthand sidebar, you can see the name of the workspaces.
- Click on the
name
of the workspace. An options menu will appear with the name of the workspaces, settings, create workspace and log out option. - Go to
settings
. - From the left-hand sidebar. Go to
sources
. - Click on the
new connection
button at the top right hand corner of the screen. - Select the cloud
data warehouse
and click onsave and continue
. - Add the connection credentials to your database and click on
save and continue
.
Build your catalog
- Add
meta data
. - Form
relationships
between data tables. - Create
metrics
andcalculated columns
. - Click on
save and continue
. Drag and drop data from sources to a catalog toorganize
your catalog. Click onsave and continue
to complete the data connection steps.
Tip: You can skip the steps to add meta data, create relationships and create metrics and calculated columns by simply clicking on save & continue. You can set them up later whenever you need.
In the next page we are going to walk you through about how you can create your first graph.