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Amazon Redshift

Amazon Redshift is a fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service in the cloud. It's designed to handle large scale data sets and complex queries, making it ideal for big data analytics and business intelligence applications.

Timbr + Amazon Redshift

Integrating Amazon Redshift with Timbr combines the strengths of both platforms. It allows you to use Timbr's semantic graph capabilities alongside Redshift's powerful data warehousing and analytics features. This integration enhances your ability to perform semantic querying, data virtualization, and integrated data management on large-scale datasets, leading to deeper insights and more efficient data operations.

Getting Started with Amazon Redshift​

If you haven't yet set up an Amazon Redshift cluster, follow these steps to get started:

To connect Timbr to your Amazon Redshift datasource, you need to use the Amazon Redshift JDBC driver. For information on the Redshift JDBC driver and how to set it up, refer to the Amazon Redshift JDBC Driver documentation.

Connecting Timbr to Amazon Redshift in the Timbr Platform​

Once you've set up an Amazon Redshift cluster and have the JDBC driver ready, it's time to connect Timbr to Redshift. Follow the steps below for a detailed tutorial on connecting Timbr to Amazon Redshift:

  1. Navigate to Manage Datasources: From the Timbr interface, click on the Manage tab and select Datasources.

  2. Add New Datasource: On the top right, click the Add New Datasource button. Alternatively, you can click the big add button beneath the knowledge graphs and datasources tabs.

Add new datasource

  1. Fill in Connection Details: A pop-up window will appear where you need to provide the relevant connection details to connect Amazon Redshift to Timbr.

There are two options in Timbr to enter the connection information: Simple or JDBC Url.

On the top right of the pop-up window , the toggle can be switched from Simple to JDBC Url in order to connect the datasource using the relevant JDBC URL.

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Simple Tab Connection Configuration​

  1. Select Simple Tab: Ensure the Simple tab is selected.

  2. Fill in the Following Details:

    • Database Type: Select Amazon Redshift.
    • Datasource Name: Enter a name for your datasource.
    • Description: Provide a description of the datasource (Optional).
    • Hostname / IP: Enter the hostname or IP address of your Amazon Redshift datasource.
    • Port: Default is 5439.
    • Username: Enter your Amazon Redshift username.
    • Password: Enter your Amazon Redshift password.
    • Database Name: Specify the name of the database.
    • Additional Parameters: Add any additional connection parameters using ; as separators.

JDBC URL Tab Configuration​

  1. Select JDBC URL Tab: Ensure the JDBC URL tab is selected.

  2. Fill in the Following Details:

    • Database Type: Select Amazon Redshift.
    • Datasource Name: Enter a name for your datasource.
    • Description: Provide a description of the datasource (Optional).
    • Username: Enter your Amazon Redshift username.
    • Password: Enter your Amazon Redshift password.
    • JDBC URL: Enter the JDBC connection URL (e.g., jdbc:redshift://[host]:port/).

jdbc tab

Save and Test Connection​

  1. After entering the details, click the Save button to save the information, connecting the Amazon Redshift datasource to the Timbr environment.
  2. Once saved, on the top right, click the Test connection button to verify the datasource’s connectivity, ensuring it is active and responsive.

For a comprehensive guide on connecting Timbr to various datasources, refer to the detailed documentation: