(v23) Configurable Data Sources

Configurable Data Sources

This applies to: Visual Data Discovery

Data queries in Symphony use data source configurations to identify the data needed and the data store from which it should be obtained. A Symphony data source configuration defines the following settings:

Setting	Description
connection definition	The connection string that should be used to connect to your data store.
data store table, index, or data to use	The table, index, or other data in your data store that should be collected when the data source is used in a Symphony query.
data customizations	Any customizations you want made to the data collected from the data store. This can include customizations to the field names, types, partition settings, distinct count activation for the data, filter display customizations, and other configurations such as the time pattern or granularity used for time fields or the aggregation used for numeric fields.
derived fields and custom metrics	Any derived fields or custom metrics you want calculated from the data collected from the data store.
refresh schedule	The schedule by which the data collected from the data store is refreshed. Derived field and custom metric data is also refreshed on this schedule, after the data store data is updated.
time bar settings	The default time bar settings that should be used for visuals and dashboards created using the data source.

For more information about creating and managing data source configurations, see Manage Visual Data Discovery Data Source Configurations.

In addition to standard data source configurations, Symphony provides methods of analyzing data from multiple sources at the same time, including the ability to fuse data sources. See Multisource Analysis.