List of Connectors in this Version


The following connectors are included in the current version of TIBCO Spotfire Connectors:

Connector name

Click link to view help.

Data source driver required

Click link to see system requirements.

Link to driver download

(when available)

Amazon Redshift

Yes

Included in the TIBCO Spotfire Drivers product.

https://edelivery.tibco.com

If you do not reach the TIBCO Spotfire Drivers product page directly from the link above, search for "drivers" when logged into your eDelivery account.

(Spotfire Cloud users: Contact TIBCO Support for access to this driver.)

Apache Spark SQL

Yes

Included in the TIBCO Spotfire Drivers product.

https://edelivery.tibco.com

If you do not reach the TIBCO Spotfire Drivers product page directly from the link above, search for "drivers" when logged into your eDelivery account.

(Spotfire Cloud users: Contact TIBCO Support for access to this driver.)

Cisco Information Server

No

No driver installation required.

Cloudera Hive

Yes

http://www.cloudera.com/content/www/en-us/downloads/connectors/hive/odbc/2-5-16.html

Cloudera Impala

Yes

http://www.cloudera.com/content/www/en-us/downloads/connectors/impala/odbc/2-5-30.html

Hortonworks

Yes

See Hortonworks documentation.

HP Vertica

Yes

The driver can be downloaded by registered users from the https://my.vertica.com site.

IBM DB2

Yes

The driver can be downloaded by registered users from this page:

https://www-01.ibm.com/marketing/iwm/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=swg-idsoc97

IBM Netezza

Yes

The ODBC driver for IBM Netezza must be obtained through IBM. Make sure the correct version (32-bit or 64-bit) is installed on your system.

Microsoft SQL Server

No

The driver is included in Microsoft.NET, so there is no need for a separate installation.

Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services

Yes

Click  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16978 to download the driver for Microsoft Analysis Services 2008 R2 or http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=29065 to download the driver for Microsoft Analysis Services 2012.  

Search for ADOMD.NET and select the correct version for your system, i.e., 32-bit and 64-bit respectively.

OData

No

No driver installation required.

Oracle

Yes

Click http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/dotnet/downloads/index.html to download the driver for 32-bit and 64-bit ODAC respectively.

Oracle Essbase

Yes

The driver must be installed on the machine running the Oracle connector. It can be downloaded from https://edelivery.oracle.com.

 

You need an Oracle account to be able to download the driver (free of charge). When you reach the Media pack seach page, choose Product Pack: Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System, Platform: Microsot Windows x64 (64bit). Download EPM System Release 11.1.2.3.0 Client Installers for Microsoft Windows

In the Custom Setup screen, make sure that both Essbase Client and Essbase Client C API will be installed.

You need to set the environment variables: EPMHOME to Oracle Enterprise Management System home, ARBORPATH to the destination folder chosen in the installer, ESSBASEPATH to ARBORPATH, PATH must include %ARBORPATH\bin and %EPMHOME\bin.

Oracle MySQL

Yes

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.6.html#downloads

Pivotal Greenplum

Yes

http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/versions/msi/

Pivotal HAWQ

Yes

http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/versions/msi/

PostgreSQL

Yes

http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/versions/msi/

Salesforce.com

Yes

Included in the TIBCO Spotfire Drivers product.

https://edelivery.tibco.com

If you do not reach the TIBCO Spotfire Drivers product page directly from the link above, search for "drivers" when logged into your eDelivery account.

(Spotfire Cloud users: Contact TIBCO Support for access to this driver.)

SAP BW

Yes

The SAP GUI for Windows (Version: 7.3) and, hence, the required driver for the 32-bit version can be obtained through the SAP Service Marketplace, http://service.sap.com/swdc (login required).

 

For the 64-bit version, you also need the SAP BW OLE DB for OLAP provider 64bit. This is a standalone installation package. Download the BW ODBO Driver FCS from SAP Market Place.

Prerequisite: The 32-bit SAP BW OLE DB for OLAP provider (given above) has been installed.

See SAP documentation for information on how to configure the SAP BW servers on your system.

SAP HANA

Yes

The ODBC driver for SAP HANA must be obtained through SAP.
Note: 64-bit versions only.

Teradata

Yes

https://downloads.teradata.com/download/connectivity/net-data-provider-for-teradata

Teradata Aster

Yes

http://downloads.teradata.com/download/aster/aster-client-tools-for-windows

Note: Make sure you download the latest released version of the Aster ODBC driver (e.g., included in the "Client Tools" package provided by Teradata). However, the driver is currently not available in each new version of the "Client Tools" package; if you encounter this issue, look for it in a previous version.

See also:

Getting Started with Connectors

What is a Data Connection?

What is a Connection Data Source?