Vertica connection
To access your data in Vertica, create a connection asset for it.
Vertica is a column-oriented analytics database that manages large volumes of data with fast query performance for data warehouses and other query-intensive applications.
Supported versions
- 24.1.0-0
Create a connection to Vertica
To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:
- Database name
- Hostname or IP address
- Port number
- Username and password
- Retry limit: Specify the maximum number of retry connection attempts
- Query timeout
- 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 > Prepare data > Connect to a data source. 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 Import assets > Data access > Connection. See Adding data assets 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 the Vertica connection in the following workspaces and tools:
Projects
- SPSS Modeler (SPSS Modeler service)
Catalogs
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Platform assets catalog
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Other catalogs (IBM Knowledge Catalog)
Vertica setup
Restrictions
- Connection failover is currently not supported. For more information, see JDBC connection failover.
- Load balancing is currently not supported. For more information, see Native connection load balancing.
Running SQL statements
To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the Vertica SQL reference topic for the correct syntax.
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Parent topic: Supported connections