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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 an Apache Spark SQL database.
Apache Spark SQL Database Type |
Spotfire Data Type |
Supported |
TINYINT |
Integer/Int |
Yes |
SMALLINT |
Integer/Int |
Yes |
INT |
Integer/Int |
Yes |
BIGINT |
LongInteger/Long |
Yes |
FLOAT |
SingleReal/Float |
Yes |
DOUBLE |
Real/Double |
Yes |
BOOLEAN |
Boolean/Bool |
Yes |
STRING |
String |
Yes |
TIMESTAMP |
DateTime |
Yes |
See also:
Details on Apache Spark SQL Connection