Configure the package for a Teradata Aster database

Spotfire provides a connector to a Teradata™ database. Spotfire Statistics Services also includes an out-of-the-box data function example for using the Teradata Aster database for analytic processing with data stores. For developers who want to create and use data functions for the Teradata Aster Database, Spotfire Statistics Services includes the TERR package AsterDB.

The AsterDB package requires special configuration, and the same package configuration must be used by all clients, whether they are using it via Spotfire Professional to develop data functions, or whether they are accessing it on Spotfire Statistics Services via Spotfire Web Player. For these reasons, the AsterDB package is included with Spotfire Statistics Services instead of TERR.

The AsterDB package also requires Java 6 or higher, with the JVM, installed on the developer's machine, and that JAVA_HOME be set to that installation location.

Note: If your users want to run the Aster Data Function examples in Spotfire, you must have installed on your Aster Database the nPath Map Reduce application, as well as have the Aster-provided bank.web.clicks database table loaded.

As Spotfire Statistics Services Administrator, you can install and configure the package, and then redeploy the configured package to Spotfire Server (for distribution to Spotfire Professional users developing data functions) and to Spotfire Statistics Services clusters (accessed by Spotfire Web Player users).

Before you follow the steps to complete these tasks, make sure you have the required information about the Aster Database (including its host, its port, its name, its username, and its password.)

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