Greenplum connection

To access your data in Greenplum, create a connection asset for it.

Greenplum is a massively parallel processing (MPP) database server that supports next generation data warehousing and large-scale analytics processing.

Supported versions

Greenplum 3.2+

Create a connection to Greenplum

To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:

For Credentials and Certificates, you can use secrets if a vault is configured for the platform and the service supports vaults. For information, see Using secrets from vaults in connections.

Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform

In a project Click Add to project > Connection. See Adding a connection to a project.


In a catalog Click Add to catalog > Connection. See Adding a connection asset to a catalog.


In a deployment space Click Add to space > Connection. See Adding connections to a deployment space.


In the Platform assets catalog Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.

Next step: Add data assets from the connection

Where you can use this connection

You can use Greenplum connections in the following workspaces and tools:

Analytics projects

Catalogs

Data Virtualization service You can connect to this data source from Data Virtualization.

Greenplum setup

Installing Greenplum

Restriction

For SPSS Modeler, you can use this connection only to import data. You cannot export data to this connection or to a Greenplum connected data asset.

Running SQL statements

To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the Greenplum documentation for the correct syntax.

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Parent topic: Supported connections