Yellowfin JDBC mongodb driver problems

Rory Miller shared this problem 6 years ago
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Hi,

i have successfully added the jdbc driver so i can use my collections on mongodb in yellowfin but my problem is whenever i add a new data base to my server the data source doesn't seem to update to add this. The only way i have been successful in getting new collections added was to create a new datasource but change/add the schema directory in the connection string

Any help would be great!

Thanks

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Hi Rory,


While I am not familiar with all of the intricacies of MongoDB, Yellowfin can only handle one database per data source connection. So each new database you add, you must create a new data source connection with that database in the connection string. The tables within the database should be available immediately, there is no requirement to create a new data source connection when simply adding tables to a database.


Thanks!


Tom

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Hi Tom,

i am only currently using one database on my data source connection. My issue is when i update a collection on mongdb it isn't updated on yellowfin. If i delete the <somename>.mongodb.native file though and click on the data source i am using in admin console it will recreate this file with the update made. Sometimes i have to restart yellowfin to achieve this

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Thank you for the clarification Rory. What you are describing sounds like a bug, but I will need to replicate this in order to confirm that. I should be able to let you know either way within the next couple of days here!


Regards,

Nathan

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Hi Rory,


A quick update here, I have run into problems getting my MongoDb going to replicate on. Hopefully I will have this going by the end of the day, but if not I will get something to you early next week. Sorry for the delay on this one.


Regards,

Nathan

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Hi Rory,


What is the connection string and driver you are using for this?


Regards,

Nathan

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mongo jdbc driver and my connection string is just to my localhost and default port and a random directory schema to store files on. don't need the schema but in order to refresh my data i need to delete a certain file in that directory

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Hi Rory,


Unfortunately I am still having difficulty establishing a data source connection to my MongoDB, can you please link the exact driver that you downloaded?

My apologies on the delays here.


Regards,

Nathan

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Hi Rory,


Thank you for your patience here. I was able to replicate this issue and have raised a defect ticket to address it. (#6285) Unfortunately I was not able to come up with a good work around for this that does not involve editing the configuration database.


I will keep you up to date on the status of this ticket, but please let me know if there is anything I can help with in the meantime.


Regards,

Nathan

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its no problem. keep me updated on the progress of this defect

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Hi Nathan,


I believe we are experiencing the same problem, was this problem ever resolved?


Regards,

Pierre

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Hi Pierre,

Unfortunately this is still waiting for dev action. I will make a note that you are also experiencing this, but I cannot guarantee this will get fixed within the next few builds.


Are you able to get this working with Rory's suggested work around?

Nathan

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Hi Nathan,

Yes, Rory's workaround does indeed work, will use that for the time being.

Pierre

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Good to hear. Will update this ticket once the devs get a chance to take a look.

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Hi All,

This is not actually a defect. The ODBC and JDBC drivers for mongo DB need to create a schema map in order to access the data through SQL. This schema map will not update unless you tell it to. To update the schema map run this query:

REFRESH MAP
In Yellowfin, you can do this by typing this into a virtual table and validating the query. It will return a "no result set error" but the map will update, and once you reload the page, the collections will be available for selection.

Nathan

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