When you are setting up a connection to an external data source, Spotfire needs to map the data types in the data source to data types in Spotfire. See below for a list of the different data type mappings applicable when working with a Pivotal HAWQ database.
Pivotal HAWQ Database Type |
Spotfire Data Type |
Supported |
BIT |
String |
Yes |
INT2 |
Integer/Int |
Yes |
INT4 |
Integer/Int |
Yes |
FLOAT4 |
SingleReal/Float |
Yes |
FLOAT8 |
Real/Double |
Yes |
INT8 |
LongInteger/Long |
Yes |
NUMERIC(p,s) |
When p <= 9 and
s = 0: Integer/Int |
Yes |
MONEY |
String |
Yes |
BOOL |
Boolean/Bool |
Yes |
VARCHAR |
String |
Yes |
TEXT |
String |
Yes |
CHAR |
String |
Yes |
CIDR |
String |
Yes |
INET |
String |
Yes |
INTERVAL |
String |
Yes |
MACADDR |
String |
Yes |
NAME |
String |
Yes |
VARBIT |
String |
Yes |
DATE |
Date |
Yes |
TIME |
Time |
Yes |
TIMETZ |
Time |
Yes |
TIMESTAMP |
DateTime |
Yes |
TIMESTAMPTZ |
DateTime |
Yes |
BYTEA |
Binary |
Yes |
Any other data types are not supported.
See also: