Greenplum connection

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

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 the following connection details:

  • Username and password
  • SSL certificate (if required by the database server)

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 Assets > New asset > Data access tools > 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. For more information, see Adding platform connections.

Next step: Add data assets from the connection

Where you can use this connection

Use Greenplum connections in the following workspaces and tools:

Projects

  • Data quality rules (Watson Knowledge Catalog)

  • DataStage (DataStage service). For more information, see Connecting to a data source in DataStage.

  • Metadata enrichment (Watson Knowledge Catalog)

  • Metadata import (Watson Knowledge Catalog). For information about the supported product versions and other prerequisites when connections are based on MANTA Automated Data Lineage for IBM Cloud Pak for Data scanners, see the Lineage Scanner Configuration section in the MANTA Automated Data Lineage on IBM Cloud Pak for Data Installation and Usage Manual. This documentation is available at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6597457.

    For metadata import (lineage), advanced metadata import must be enabled and a MANTA Automated Data Lineage license key must be installed. See Installing Watson Knowledge Catalog, Installing MANTA Automated Data Lineage, and Enabling lineage import.

  • SPSS Modeler (SPSS Modeler service)

Catalogs

  • Platform assets catalog

  • Other catalogs (Watson Knowledge Catalog)

Watson Query service
Connect to this data source from Watson Query.

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) compliance

The Greenplum connection is compliant with FIPS. The connection that requires SSL is not compliant with FIPS.

Greenplum setup

Greenplum Database Installation Guide

Restriction

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

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Parent topic: Supported connections