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Connecting to Your Data

Learn how to create connections to your data in ThoughtSpot.

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About this course

If your company stores source data externally in data warehouses, you can use Connections to query the data and use ThoughtSpot’s analysis and visualization features, without moving the data into ThoughtSpot. Learn how to create a connection to an external database, edit, re-map, create a configuration for the Connection if needed, and live query the data directly from the data source.

Topics covered

  • Connections overview
  • Create a connection and Search Data
  • Edit or remap a connection
    • Edit an existing connection
    • Remap a connection
  • Create a configuration for an existing Connection

Prerequisites

Previous courses in the Business User & Business Analyst learning paths.

Curriculum37 min

  • Welcome
  • Course Overview
  • Connections
  • Connections Overview 3 min
  • Create a Connection and Search Your Data 6 min
  • Setting a Connection Query Timeout 3 min
  • Edit or Remap a Connection
  • Edit an Existing Connection 7 min
  • Remap a Connection 5 min
  • Create Additional Connection Configuration(s)
  • Configure a Connection for Scheduled Liveboards 4 min
  • Review
  • Review 10 min
  • Knowledge Check
  • Feedback

About this course

If your company stores source data externally in data warehouses, you can use Connections to query the data and use ThoughtSpot’s analysis and visualization features, without moving the data into ThoughtSpot. Learn how to create a connection to an external database, edit, re-map, create a configuration for the Connection if needed, and live query the data directly from the data source.

Topics covered

  • Connections overview
  • Create a connection and Search Data
  • Edit or remap a connection
    • Edit an existing connection
    • Remap a connection
  • Create a configuration for an existing Connection

Prerequisites

Previous courses in the Business User & Business Analyst learning paths.

Curriculum37 min

  • Welcome
  • Course Overview
  • Connections
  • Connections Overview 3 min
  • Create a Connection and Search Your Data 6 min
  • Setting a Connection Query Timeout 3 min
  • Edit or Remap a Connection
  • Edit an Existing Connection 7 min
  • Remap a Connection 5 min
  • Create Additional Connection Configuration(s)
  • Configure a Connection for Scheduled Liveboards 4 min
  • Review
  • Review 10 min
  • Knowledge Check
  • Feedback