Microsoft SQL Server
Visier can retrieve data through this connector if the following requirements are met.
Prerequisites
- Create an integration user in Microsoft SQL Server.
Integration user
Create an integration user in your source system and assign it the appropriate security access so that Visier can retrieve your source data through this user.
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Access |
Description |
|---|---|
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SELECT access |
Assign SELECT access to the tables you want Visier to retrieve. |
Connector credentials
You need to provide the following credentials to Visier so that we can retrieve data from your source system. To provide your credentials in Visier, see Set Up Data Connectors.
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Credential |
Description |
Example |
|---|---|---|
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Host name |
The host name of your server. |
sql-server.ewqancyhfdhb.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com |
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Port |
Your server’s port. The default is 1433. |
1433 |
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Username |
The integration user’s username. |
IntegrationUser |
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Password |
The integration user’s password. |
Password1234 |
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Database (Optional) |
The database to retrieve data from. If unspecified, Visier will retrieve data from all accessible databases. |
sample |
Data files
The Microsoft SQL Server data connector only retrieves data stored in SQL Server for use in Visier.
For other data, you must provide that data through alternative methods such as SFTP or Visier’s other data connectors. For more information about sending data to Visier, see File Upload.
How the connector loads data
Initially, data connectors retrieve a full history for each subject to generate an initial history of events. In each subsequent data retrieval, each connector handles the data load differently.
- Full load: All data from the source system is loaded into Visier.
- Delta load: Only changed data is loaded into Visier. A delta load may take either the entire history or a specific number of years of history for each changed record.
- Snapshot load: All data at a particular point in time. A snapshot load does not contain historical records or show changes over time.
- Partial load: A subset of data is loaded into Visier.
After the initial load, this connector only retrieves data for changed records.