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Yellowfin does not ship with the driver required for this connection due to licensing/paywall reasons. You will need to manually upload the driver through

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the Plugin Manager

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or Creating a Basic Data Source Connection.

Instructions

Follow these steps to create and authenticate this connection. 

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3. Connection String: when selecting Connection String you have the same functionality as in Generic JDBC Data Source.

4. Type in a name and (optional) description for this data source, then select the driver from the dropdown list Yellowfin will pre-fill some of the fields below, but others will require manual input.

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6. Authentication Adapter: Specify an authentication method for the database adapter. More details Advanced Connection Editor.

7. Toggle Advanced Toggle Advanced Settings to see more settings.

8 Once you have completed your connection information, you will have several options:

    1. Back: This will navigate to the database selection.
    2. Cancel: This will close the New Connection popup.
    3. Test Connection: This will test the connection parameters you provided to ensure it can connect to your database. If the connection is successful, an indicator will appear and you will be able to save the connection.

       For more details about Test Connection please refer to the Test Connection page.
    4. Save: This will allow you to save your connection and navigate to the Success page: