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

Create a new datasource

Step 1  Add a new datasource to your model

1. Drag Image Removed Add a new Datasource onto From the model toolbar, drag a 

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    onto the model.
2. In the new datasource settings form that opens, enter the Name: CRM
3. In the settings toolbar, click  click 

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    to save and close the settings.
4. PhixFlow adds the new datasource to your model. In the model toolbar, click 

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Step 2  Set up the datasource

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1. You will now add more settings to the datasource.
2. In the Basic Settings section:
   
   • Enabled: tick
   • Driver Class: select MariaDB
3. In the The Datasource Instances section , in the toolbar, click 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
   • Click 

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      to finish and close the datasource instance settings.
4. Back in the datasource settings, click 

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    to finish and close.

Create a database collector from the datasource schema browser

1. Hover over the datasource icon in In your model view, and in the hover menu press Image Removed Show Tables, 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 appears, find the table called PhixFlow opens, scroll down to the SOURCE_CUSTOMER_PHONE_NUMBERSDouble-click on this row in the schema browser; a new form will pop up showing table name.
   1. To have a look at the data in
   the table
   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
3. Right-click on this row and SOURCE_CUSTOMER_PHONE_NUMBERS and in the pop-up menu, select Create a CollectorA . PhixFlow adds a new database collector  will appear on your  to your model view, to read which reads data from the table SOURCE_CUSTOMER_PHONE_NUMBERS.
4. Double-click on this the new database collector to open the details formits settings.
5. In the Basic Settings section → Statement Expression field, you will see the query generated in the field Statement Expressioncan see that PhixFlow has added a database query.
6. Close the database collector details formsettings.
7. In the model window, press Save the model layout, 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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2. Press Image Removed Create a new Stream using the attributes returned from the query

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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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1. click 

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Run analysis and view the stream data

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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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   .