Configuring ELT Database Accounts

Configuring ELT Database Accounts

Overview

You must create an ELT Database account to connect ELT Snaps in your Pipelines with the source and target CDWs (databases). This account enables you to write-and-transform data in the target databases hosted in the following cloud locations. The JDBC URL you define for your target database indicates the respective cloud location where the database is hosted.

Target Database

Supported Cloud Location

Cloud Location in JDBC URL

Target Database

Supported Cloud Location

Cloud Location in JDBC URL

Snowflake

AWS

jdbc:snowflake://<account_name>.snowflakecomputing.com

Microsoft Azure

jdbc:snowflake://<account_name>.<region>.azure.snowflakecomputing.com

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

jdbc:snowflake://<account_name>.<region>.gcp.snowflakecomputing.com

Redshift

AWS

jdbc:redshift://<redshift-cluster-name>.<region>.redshift.amazonaws.com

Azure Synapse

Microsoft Azure

jdbc:sqlserver://<yourserver>.database.windows.net

Databricks Lakehouse Platform (DLP)

AWS

jdbc:spark://<your_instance_code>.cloud.databricks.com

Microsoft Azure

jdbc:spark://<your_instance_code>.azuredatabricks.net

Google BigQuery

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

jdbc:bigquery://<host_URL>/bigquery

The different settings needed to access your target database depend on the type of your target database. Choose your database type from the following list for more information on configuring your Snap account.

The ELT Snap Pack does not support mixed accounts from different types of databases in the same Pipeline. For example, a Pipeline in which some Snaps are connecting to the Snowflake target database cannot have other Snaps connecting to the Redshift target database.

Configuring ELT Accounts

Each of the Snaps in the ELT Snap Pack except ELT Copy Snap requires an ELT Database Account configured. You can configure your ELT accounts in SnapLogic using either the Designer or Manager.

Using SnapLogic Designer

Drag any ELT Snap to the Canvas and click the Snap to open its settings. Click the Account tab. You can now either use an existing account or create a new one. Write-type snaps such as ELT Insert-Select and ELT Merge Into require accounts to function properly so the Account tab is automatically displayed when you place these Snaps on the Canvas.

Selecting an existing account

SnapLogic organizes and displays all accounts to which you have access, sorting them by account type and location. To select an existing account:

  1. Click the 

     icon to view the accounts to which you have access and select the account that you want to use. 

  2. Click 

     to save the account selection.

Creating an account

  1. Click Add Account in the Account Reference dialog.

  2. Select the Location in which you want to create the account, select the account type, and click ContinueThe Add Account dialog associated with the account type appears.



  3. Enter the required account details. For detailed guidance on how to provide information associated with each account type, use the following links:

  4. Click Validate to verify the account, if the account type supports validation.

  5. Click Apply to complete configuring the ELT account.

Using SnapLogic Manager

Use Manager to create accounts without associating them immediately with Pipelines.

Accounts in SnapLogic are associated with projects. You can use accounts created in other projects only if you have at least Read access to them.

  1. In the left pane, browse to the project in which you want to create the account and click CreateAccount ELT, followed by the appropriate account type.


    The Create Account dialog associated with the selected account type appears. 

  2. Repeat the steps numbered 3 through 5 in the previous section.


Avoid updating account credentials while Pipelines using that account are executing. Doing so may lead to unexpected results, including locking your account.

Account Settings

Supported JDBC JAR Versions

You can configure your ELT Database Account to automatically use an appropriate JDBC JAR file for connecting to your target database and performing the load and transform operations. 

Supported CDW

Certified JDBC JAR File

Supported CDW

Certified JDBC JAR File

Azure Synapse

mssql-jdbc-11.2.1.jre11.jar

BigQuery

SimbaJDBCDriverforGoogleBigQuery42_1.6.3.1004.zip

Databricks Lakehouse Platform (DLP)

databricks-jdbc-2.6.29.jar

Redshift

redshift-jdbc42-2.1.0.9.jar

Snowflake

snowflake-jdbc-3.13.33.jar

Using Alternate JDBC JAR File Versions

We recommend that you let the ELT Snaps use the listed JAR file versions. However, you may use a different JAR file version of your choice.


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