HP Vertica® 6.1.x

Connecting to HP Vertica 6.1.x with

QlikView 11.2

Copyright© 2006-2013 Vertica, an HP Company

Date of Publication: 6 May, 2013

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Connecting to the HP Vertica 6.1.x Analytic Database with QlikView 11.2

This document discusses connecting HP Vertica Release 6.1.x to QlikView Business Discovery 11.2.

QlikView Business Discovery is a Business Intelligence (BI) tool that, once connected to the HP Vertica Analytics Platform, allows you to access and analyze your data, and create visualizations.

Before using QlikView with HP Vertica, download and install QlikView from the QlikView web site. Launch the executable and follow the prompts for installation.

A general note on HP Vertica’s ecosystem documents: HP Vertica creates ecosystem documents using one specific version of the ecosystem product with one specific version of HP Vertica. In creating each document, HP Vertica makes connections from the ecosystem product using one specific connection type. Versions used are noted within the documents. Other versions of the ecosystem product may work with HP Vertica, but HP Vertica may not have tested other versions.

What This Doc Includes…

Before Connecting QlikView to HP Vertica ................................................................................................ 1 Configuring an ODBC Data Source .................................................................................................. 1 Disabling the QlikView Wizard ........................................................................................................ 3

Connecting to the HP Vertica Database ....................................................................................................... 4 Editing a Script ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Copyright Notice .......................................................................................................................................... 9

Before Connecting QlikView to HP Vertica Before you use QlikView with HP Vertica:

If you do not have the ODBC driver installed, download and install the driver. You can find the ODBC driver available for download on my.vertica.com, on the Download tab. You can download and install the specific HP Vertica ODBC driver alone or an HP Vertica client package that includes the driver.

Note: General information on driver and server compatibility appears in the standard HP Vertica documentation. Refer to the Programmer’s Guide, Client Driver and Server Version Compatibility.

Configure your ODBC data source.

Disable the QlikView wizard. (You do not need the wizard because it works with Excel files only.

Note: QlikView runs on the Windows OS.

Configuring an ODBC Data Source

Configure a data source by setting up a DSN. (Note that the examples that follow specify User DSN; alternatively, you could specify System DSN.)

1. From your Windows desktop, open the ODBC Data Source Administrator.

2. Under the User DSN tab, click Add to create a new data source.

3. On the Create New Data Source dialog, locate and select the Vertica driver.

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4. Click Finish.

5. Enter your specific data source information in the Vertica ODBC Data Source Configuration dialog.

6. Click Test Connection, and OK when the Connection Succeeded message appears.

The User DSN tab now lists the Vertica driver under User Data Sources.

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7. Click OK to close the ODBC Data Source Administrator.

Note: There is more complete information on DSNs in the Programmer’s Guide, in the section, Creating an ODBC DSN for Windows Clients.

Disabling the QlikView Wizard

The QlikView wizard does not work with HP Vertica. Follow these steps to disable it.

1. Launch QlikView.

2. From the QlikView start page, choose Settings > User Preferences.

3. From the General tab under User Preferences, uncheck Show “Getting Started Wizard” when creating new document.

4. Click OK.

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Connecting to the HP Vertica Database Follow these steps to connect to the HP Vertica database through QlikView.

1. From the QlikView Start Page, select the Edit Script icon.

The Edit Script dialog appears.

2. Under the Database dropdown, ensure that ODBC is selected.

3. Click Connect. The Connect to Data Source dialog appears. (The following example uses the Vertica data source we created earlier.)

4. Check Show User DSNs.

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5. Click Test Connection. (Note that we entered our User ID and Password earlier when we created the data source.)

6. Click OK when you receive the Connection Test Succeeded message.

7. Click OK on the Connect to Data Source dialog.

Note that a line is added to the Edit Script screen, ODBC CONNECT TO Vertica.

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8. Leave the Edit Script screen up, and continue with the next procedure.

Editing a Script To query the HP Vertica database, you can create SELECT statements through the QlikView

interface by choosing database tables and fields in the Create Select Statement dialog;

QlikView then adds the statements to a script that, when executed, queries and collects information from your Vertica database. You can then include the information in reports and charts in QlikView.

Follow these steps to create SELECT statements and add them to your script.

1. From the Edit Script dialog, click Select.

The Create Select Statement dialog appears with a listing of your database tables.

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2. Select tables and fields. As you select, click Add; QlikView adds them to the Script tab. When you are done, click OK.

Notice the SELECT statements have been added to the Edit Script dialog.

3. Click OK to accept the Edit Script page as it appears. Note that you can also edit your script manually on this page.

The Main page (QlikView’s “sheet”) appears. See the QlikView documentation for complete information.

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4. Execute the script by clicking reload.

Save the document if you are prompted to do so.

Your script executes.

Refer to the QlikView documentation for complete information on editing and executing scripts, and defining and displaying objects and charts within QlikView.

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