Access Live Redshift Data in TIBCO Data Virtualization

TIBCO Data Virtualization (TDV) is an enterprise data virtualization solution that orchestrates access to multiple and varied data sources. When paired with the CData TIBCO DV Adapter for Redshift, you get federated access to live Redshift data directly within TIBCO Data Virtualization. This article walks through deploying an adapter and creating a new data source based on Redshift.

With built-in optimized data processing, the CData TIBCO DV Adapter offers unmatched performance for interacting with live Redshift data. When you issue complex SQL queries to Redshift, the adapter pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Redshift. Its built-in dynamic metadata querying allows you to work with and analyze Redshift data using native data types.

Deploy the Redshift TIBCO DV Adapter

1. In a console, navigate to the bin folder in the TDV Server installation directory. If there is a current version of the adapter installed, you will need to undeploy it.

   .\server_util.bat -server localhost -user admin -password ******** -undeploy -version 1 -name Redshift
   

2. Extract the CData TIBCO DV Adapter to a local folder and deploy the JAR file (tdv.redshift.jar) to the server from the extract location.

   .\server_util.bat -server localhost -user admin -password ******** -deploy -package /PATH/TO/tdv.redshift.jar
   

You may need to restart the server to ensure the new JAR file is loaded properly, which can be accomplished by running the composite.bat script located at: C:\Program Files\TIBCO\TDV Server <version>\bin. Note that reauthenticating to the TDV Studio is required after restarting the server.

Sample Restart Call

.\composite.bat monitor restart

Create a Redshift Data Source in TDV Studio

With the CData TIBCO DV Adapter for Redshift, you can easily create a data source for Redshift and introspect the data source to add resources to TDV.

Create the Data Source

1. Right-click on the folder you wish to add the data source to and select New -> New Data Source.
2. Scroll until you find the adapter (e.g. Redshift) and click Next.
3. Name the data source (e.g. CData Redshift Source).

4. Fill in the required connection properties.

   To connect to Redshift, set the following:

   • Server: Set this to the host name or IP address of the cluster hosting the Database you want to connect to.
   • Port: Set this to the port of the cluster.
   • Database: Set this to the name of the database. Or, leave this blank to use the default database of the authenticated user.
   • User: Set this to the username you want to use to authenticate to the Server.
   • Password: Set this to the password you want to use to authenticate to the Server.

   You can obtain the Server and Port values in the AWS Management Console:

   1. Open the Amazon Redshift console (http://console.aws.amazon.com/redshift).
   2. On the Clusters page, click the name of the cluster.
   3. On the Configuration tab for the cluster, copy the cluster URL from the connection strings displayed.
5. Click Create & Close.

Introspect the Data Source

Once the data source is created, you can introspect the data source by right-clicking and selecting Open. In the dashboard, click Add/Remove Resources and select the Tables, Views, and Stored Procedures to include as part of the data source. Click Next and Finish to add the selected Redshift tables, views, and stored procedures as resources.

After creating and introspecting the data source, you are ready to work with Redshift data in TIBCO Data Virtualization just like you would any other relational data source. You can create views, query using SQL, publish the data source, and more.