By the end of this chapter page you will be able to:

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Create a new datasource

Add a new datasource to your model:

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1. From the model toolbar, drag a 

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    onto the model.
2. In the new

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1. datasource settings form that

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1. opens, enter the Name: CRM

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The new datasource will now show on your modelling pane. Press Save the model layout

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2. In the settings toolbar, click 

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3. PhixFlow adds the new datasource to your model. In the model toolbar, click 

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4. You will now add more settings to the datasource.
5. In the Basic Settings section:
   
   • Enabled: tick
   • Driver Class: select MariaDB
6. The Datasource Instances section has its own toolbar. Click 

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   . PhixFlow opens the settings for a new datasource instance. Set:
   
   • Name: Default
   • Enabled: tick
   • URL: jdbc:mariadb://localhost/phixflow
   • Anonymous Username: cview
   • Password: cview

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1. • Click 

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      to finish and close the datasource instance settings.
2. Back in the datasource

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1. settings, click 

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    to finish and close.

Create a database collector from the datasource schema browser

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1. In your model

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1. , hover your mouse pointer over the 

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    icon. In the pop-up toolbar, click  

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2. In the list of tables that

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1. PhixFlow opens, scroll down to the SOURCE_CUSTOMER_PHONE_NUMBERS

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1. table name.
   1. To have a look at the data in

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1. 1. this table, double-click its name.
   2. You can see there are columns for ##CUSTOMER_REF and ##PHONE_NUMBER.
   3. Close this data form
2. Right-click

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1. SOURCE_CUSTOMER_PHONE_NUMBERS and in the pop-up menu, select Create a Collector

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1. . PhixFlow adds a new database collector Image Modified

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1.  to your model

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1. ,

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1. which reads data from the table SOURCE_CUSTOMER_PHONE_NUMBERS.
2. Double-click on

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1. the new database collector to open

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1. its settings.
2. In the Basic Settings section → Statement Expression field, you can see that PhixFlow has added a database query.
3. Close the database collector

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1. settings.
2. In the model

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1. , click 

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Create a

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stream automatically from a

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database collector

1. Hover your mouse pointer over the

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1. nopanel true

    .
2. In the pop-up toolbar, click 

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   . PhixFlow adds the new stream to your model.
3. In the model window,

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Run Analysis on Stream

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1. click 

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Run analysis and view the stream data

1. To run analysis on your new stream

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1. hover your mouse pointer over the new stream, and

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1. in the pop-up toolbar, click 

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2. To view the data you just loaded

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1. , hover over the stream and

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1. click 

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   . In the drop-down list,

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1.  select

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   .