On working with Foresight Analytics Platform addresses DBMS server to access repository data. The system addresses the server via the DBMS front end or by means of any other additional drivers that enable access to DBMS. Different driver versions can be used to work with different versions of DBMS. Below is a list of supported DBMS (DBMS that are used to create a platform repository) and features of working with it:
| DBMS type | Description | Comments |
| PostgreSQL/Postgres Pro | Supports working with the DBMS:
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It is required to install an application that contains a driver to connect to PostgreSQL, for example:
Various driver versions are available at the PostgreSQL official site. |
| Oracle | Working with the Oracle DBMS of the 11.x\12.x versions is supported. | It is required to install DBMS front end. To correctly connect to Oracle DBMS, bitness of Foresight Analytics Platform and Oracle DBMS front end must match.
The front end and installation guide are available at the Oracle official site. |
| Microsoft SQL Server | Supports working with Microsoft SQL Server DBMS 2008\2012\2014\2016\2017. | It is required to install DBMS front end (Native Client). Connection via the OLE DB and ODBC interfaces is supported. The front end and installation guide are available at the Microsoft official site. NOTE. The front end version must not be earlier the DBMS server version. |
| Teradata | It supports working with Teradata DBMS 15\15.10\16. | It is required to install DBMS front end. The front end is available at the site http://developer.teradata.com/, use the CLIv2 version (Windows / Linux). |
| SQLite | Supports working with SQLite DBMS 3.x. | The required driver is included to the selected software package of Foresight Analytics Platform. NOTE. Work with Foresight Analytics Platform is available only in desktop application in single-user mode. |
Working with Teradata DBMS is supported only in Windows OS. Working with other DBMS is supported in Windows OS and Linux OS.
NOTE. On working with Linux OS also take into account existing constraints.
Apart from connecting to DBMS server Foresight Analytics Platform contains a series of alternative drivers allowing to connect to data sources. Connection is executed via the Database repository object.
| Driver type | Description | Comments |
| OLE DB | Supports connection to various data sources via OLE DB providers installed in Windows OS. To make the setup easier, Foresight Analytics Platform has selected providers:
NOTE. . They are not used to connect to repository. |
It is required to install OLE DB drivers in the operating system. Supports execution of queries and DBMS commands alone. Supports creating and use of tables, views, procedures and functions depending on the functionality of a certain DBMS and its correspondence to SQL standards. |
| DB2 | Supports working with relational databases. NOTE. They are not used to connect to repository. |
It is required to install DBMS front end. |
| Greenplum/Pivotal HD Hawq | Supports connection to data sources based on EMC Greenplum. NOTE. . They are not used to connect to repository. |
It is required to install OLE DB drivers in the operating system. |
| WEB Service | Connection to repository is established by addressing to security server or BI server of Foresight Analytics Platform, which execute all necessary functions of authorization in DBMS and further management of data stream. | It is not required to install DBMS front end to the user workstation. All necessary drivers must be installed where security server or BI server is located. |
| HP Vertica | It supports connection to HP Vertica analytical DBMS: 7.0\8.0\8.1\9.0. NOTE. They are not used to connect to repository. |
The ODBC driver is available at the Vertica official site. Working with HP Vertica DBMS is executed considering the following restrictions:
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| Generic ODBC | Supports connection to various data sources via ODBC drivers installed in Windows OS. NOTE. They are not used to connect to repository. |
It is required to install ODBC drivers in the operating system. Supports execution of queries and DBMS commands alone. Supports creating and use of tables, views, procedures and functions depending on the functionality of a certain DBMS and its correspondence to SQL standards. |
Below is a list of identifiers of the drivers that can be used to set up various repository objects. Identifiers are used by various properties on setting up objects by means of macros in the Fore or Fore.NET language, and also on creating a list of repositories in the Metabases.xml file and a list of custom drivers in the Drivers.xml file:
| Identifier | DBMS driver |
| ORCL8 | Oracle versions specified above |
| MSSQL2008 | Microsoft SQL Server 2008 |
| MSSQL2012 | Microsoft SQL Server 2012\2014\2016\2017 |
| MSSQL2012ODBC | Microsoft SQL Server (ODBC) |
| OLEDB(ODBC HIVE) | OLE DB (ODBC HIVE) |
| OLEDB(DB2) | OLE DB (DB2) |
| OLEDB(ODBC) | OLE DB (ODBC) |
| OLEDB(VISTADB) | OLE DB (VISTADB) |
| OLEDB | OLE DB provider |
| DB2 | Relational DB2 database |
| TRDT | Teradata versions specified above |
| POSTGRES | PostgreSQL/Postgres Pro versions specified above |
| POSTGRES(NO_LO) | Greenplum/Pivotal HD Hawq |
| SQLITE | SQLite 3.x |
| VERTICA | HP Vertica versions specified above |
| WSF | Web service of Foresight Analytics Platform |
| ODBC | Generic ODBC |
NOTE. The number of available drivers may differ for different repository objects.
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