September 12-14, 2018 Raleigh, NC

Datasources and Connecting to Your Data Presenter: Robin Lamb – Director Client Services and Support

Agenda Connect to your data Unhide/hide mappings and fields Restrict fields Mapping Sets Mapping Suites Sharing Datasources Levels or permissions in sharing Create datasets(cleaning data) Share datasets with groups Linking datasets

Connect to Your Data Connect directly to a database Pull in a spreadsheet and create dataset Create a workspace and link tables within workspace to create dataset Link between database and workspace table or spreadsheet

Database Connection Connect to most types of SQL databases Connect to multiple schemas Set Connection Limit Set Database Timeout Test Connection before saving

Meta Data Depending on the type of database, properties will scan in as hidden or unhidden Run a full scan in to bring in all tables or choose Mappings Only and scan individual mappings Hide or unhide tables/fields to allow teams with permissions to create datasets Create links between database tables or create remote links between datasources

Mappings and Fields

Hidden Tables and Fields To unhide a hidden field, choose fields and then actions.

Let’s Demo Connecting Data to Informer

Modifying Fields Informer allows you to add fields to your mappings. Custom fields are created using sql statements. You can modify the field inside the datasource

Joins/Links Types of Joins – Left, Inner, Outer Scalar Joins Remote Joins – create joins from one datasource to another Left Outer Join Scalar Join Remote Join

Field Pairings Use operators for different types of joins Add more than one pairing to create a complex join

Add a condition to a join to create a subset of data via a link Scalar Joins Add a condition to a join to create a subset of data via a link

Remote Joins Remote joins allow you to connect other datasources outside of existing one. The link shown here is a link from a database connection to a workspace datasource.

Create a Dataset from Remote Join Create a Dataset that pulls data from the database datasource and the workspace datasource.

Adding Mapping Sets to Your Datasource Restricting Fields Add Permissions On Your Datasource By… Adding Mapping Sets to Your Datasource Restricting Fields Sharing Datasource with Teams Giving Custom Access to Datasource Giving Limited Access to Dataource

Creating Mapping Sets Mapping sets allows administrators to create groups of mappings so that users can only have permission to specific tables. Highlight Mappings to add to a Mapping Set Click on Actions in lower right corner Choose Change Sets Click Add Set or Choose Existing Set

Mapping Sets (Continued) Mapping Sets are identified in the list of Mappings by the Icon and color you choose when setting them up. Choose Set and Hit Apply

Set Restricted Fields Open the Field in the Mapping and check the Restricted box.

Mapping Suites Will be available in version 5.1 Create Mapping Suites for files where data is partitioned by date Example: Colleague File Suites SA.ACYR - Pointing to SA.2017, SA.2018, SA2019 Or you could create your own tables that hold specific groups of data and create a suite to run against or look at all groups together.

Mapping Suites Mapping Suites are attached to the individual Datasource To add a Mapping Suite, go to Datasource and click on Name the Suite and create the Partitions for each Mapping

Mapping Suites The partitions creates the group of data (ex. Year) The Mappings lets you choose the table that has the suite of data (ex. Orders_2019 or SA.2019)

Allows you to choose a default partition, prompt for partitions, choose all partitions, or select specific one. Creates the field based on what you name it in the setup

Sharing Datasources with Teams Once mappings are scanned, restricted fields set, mapping sets created then share datasource with Teams of users Giving access to teams will allow the Datasource to be queried. Governing data by security permissions – who has access to what data and what can they do with it

Sharing the Datasource No access to Datasource Limited Access – No access to restricted fields Full Access to Datasource - All Fields Custom Access to Datasource – Choose Mapping Sets Allowed and also whether or not the user has limited or full access to the Mapping Set

What is a Dataset A Dataset is a set of indexed records Records can come from multiple different types of sources Query an existing datasource connection Import or drag a .csv or .xlsx file into Informer 5 Save an ad-hoc query as a dataset Grab the streaming results of a REST call –using the Informer 5 API

Create Dataset and Share with Teams Create a dataset via querying datasource, using a spreadsheet, or using a workspace Share that dataset with a team

Create Dataset from Spreadsheet Drag spreadsheet into Informer 5 and create dataset or choose Upload a file Modify fields in field settings Clean data using data flows

Work Space What is work space? Provides the ability to upload multiple .csv files into Informer 5 and create tables in the Postgres database Link the new tables together to create a schema Create datasets from new tables Link table to other datasources

Creates a database within Informer with the ability to link between tables.

Governing Data Only add fields you want the group of users to use to create visuals or dashboards Clean data using data flows Ex. Find and replace Add data flow scripts to allow for other options on dashboards Ex. Geo Location Ex. Calculated Column

Sharing Datasources versus Datasets with Teams Sharing a Datasource with a team allows the users on that team to have permissions to that datasource based on their roles Sharing a datasource with a team also give the full access, limited access or custom access Full Access- access to all mappings and fields Limited Access- access to all mappings but no restricted fields Custom Access-access to specific mapping sets - Custom access both Full and Limited access within the mapping sets Sharing datasets to specific teams allows them to create visuals, pivot tables, and data views

Thank you! Any questions?