Table/View

Table/View Query report enables a user to transfer data from the configured MySQL Data Warehouse into the DataChannel with the granularity of column(s) from a particular table/view.

Configuring the Credentials

Select the account credentials which has access to relevant MySQL Data Warehouse data from the dropdown menu & Click Next

Credentials not listed in dropdown ?

Click on + Add New for adding new credentials

Data Pipelines Details

Data Pipeline

Select Table/View from the dropdown

Table/View

Select a table/view from the drop-down. All tables/views which your credentials have access to should be available here. If they are not, please check the credentials selected / configured by you.

Columns

Select one or more columns from the drop-down. All columns in the selected table/view should be available here. If they are not, please check the credentials and table/view selected/configured by you.

While you can add multiple columns, the fetched table size may become too large and so it is advisable to add one columns per pipeline and use Union queries in the data warehouse to join the data for consumption

Setting Parameters

Select the fields that are necessary as per the file or folder .

Parameter Description Values

Attempt Schema Inference

Required

If Yes then value types will be fetched as it is, eg: Float will be fetched as float. If No then everything will be fetched as string irrespective of its type.

{Yes,No}

Default Value: No

Fetch Mode

Required

Specifies the manner in which data will get fetched from the data warehouse : FULL will fetch the entire column(s) from the selected table/view, INCREMENTAL will bring the fresh record(S) added since last fetch

{Incremental,Full}

Default Value: FULL

Insert Mode

Required

Specifies the manner in which data will get updated in the data warehouse : UPSERT will insert only new records or records with changes, APPEND will insert all fetched data at the end, REPLACE will drop the existing table and recreate a fresh one on each run.

{Upsert, Append, Replace}

Default Value: UPSERT

Datapipeline Scheduling

Scheduling specifies the frequency with which data will get updated in the data warehouse. You can choose between Manual Run, Normal Scheduling or Advance Scheduling.

Manual Run

If scheduling is not required, you can use the toggle to run the pipeline manually.

Normal Scheduling

Use the dropdown to select an interval-based hourly, monthly, weekly, or daily frequency.

Advance Scheduling

Set schedules fine-grained at the level of Months, Days, Hours, and Minutes.

Detailed explanation on scheduling of pipelines can be found here

Dataset & Name

Dataset Name

Key in the Dataset Name(also serves as the table name in your data warehouse).Keep in mind, that the name should be unique across the account and the data source. Special characters (except underscore _) and blank spaces are not allowed. It is best to follow a consistent naming scheme for future search to locate the tables.

Dataset Description

Enter a short description (optional) describing the dataset being fetched by this particular pipeline.

Notifications

Choose the events for which you’d like to be notified: whether "ERROR ONLY" or "ERROR AND SUCCESS".

Once you have finished click on Finish to save it. Read more about naming and saving your pipelines including the option to save them as templates here

Still have Questions?

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