Folders/ Files/ Stream
- Sarabjeet Kaur
File Location
You can configure a file location such as FTP, Shared Network Folder, Local Folder, HTTP location, HDFS, or Amazon S3 as a connection in the report server.
Data administrators can use this connection to pull data files (Text, Microsoft Excel, CSV, etc.) from these locations as if they were pulling tables’ data from an RDBMS connection.
This model enables access control security and abstracts the file source to users other than the System Administrator.
This page describes the provider-specific properties and the details you need to input to create connections to folders containing the required data files. Some common properties are listed in the common properties section.
Common Properties
Connection Name | You and end users will identify this connection by this name. |
Provider | FILES/ STREAM: Fixed value for connecting to File systems |
Driver Type | NETWORKPATH, FTP, HTTP, HDFS, S3, MAPR-M5, KAFKA, SAX, GOOGLE SHEET |
NETWORK PATH
Property | Description |
Location | = a network location address follows E: = You are configuring a local drive (local to report server machine) absolute path as location .. = You are configuring a local drive path relative to the report engine in a location. |
Username | OS Username |
Password | OS password |
FTP
Property | Description |
Server | Internet address of FTP Server |
Port | The port at which the FTP server is listening |
Secure | Yes=SFTP (Secured FTP) No = Normal FTP |
Passive | Yes = PASV mode Required when there is a firewall between the report server and the FTP server |
Location | Folder path from home or root (whichever is applicable) under which required data files are available |
Username | FTP Username |
Password | FTP password |
HTTP
Property | Description |
URI | Website address |
Location | Application + path suffixing the web address |
Secure | Yes = HTTPS No |
HDFS
Property | Description |
Server | The IP address of HDFS named node |
Port | Named node Port |
Location | The default path for the connection on this HDFS Blank = location is root |
Group | A user group on HDFS |
Username | Username on HDFS |
S3
Property | Description |
Access Key | Key Value obtained from Amazon |
Secret Key | Key Value obtained from Amazon |
Bucket | Bucket Name where data files will be available |
GOOGLE SHEET
Kyvos Reporting has added Google Sheets as a data source to access data under your Google Spreadsheet. You need to follow the below steps to get the Service Account (client email), Private Key, Client ID, and Client Secret required for creating a connection in Kyvos Reporting.
Go to https://console.developers.google.com/ and log in with your Google account credentials.
Create a new Project.
Go to Dashboard > Enable API to enable Drive API and Sheets API.
Click Credentials to create a Service account key.
Next, create an OAuth client ID. On the Configure Consent screen, enter your product name and save it.
Choose Other as the application type and give it a name.
You can now download the credentials required to create a connection in Kyvos Reporting, as shown in the table below.
Property | Description |
Service Account | Key used to enable server-to-server authentication |
Private Key | Key Value obtained from Google |
Client ID | Client ID Value obtained from Google |
Client Secret | Secret Key Value obtained from Google |
Username | Username of the Google account |
Password | Password of the Google account |
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