7.9 KiB

Microsoft SQL Server

For context on getting started with ingestion, check out our metadata ingestion guide.

Setup

To install this plugin, run pip install 'acryl-datahub[mssql]'.

We have two options for the underlying library used to connect to SQL Server: (1) python-tds and (2) pyodbc. The TDS library is pure Python and hence easier to install, but only PyODBC supports encrypted connections.

Capabilities

This plugin extracts the following:

  • Metadata for databases, schemas, views and tables
  • Column types associated with each table/view
  • Table, row, and column statistics via optional SQL profiling
Capability Status Details
Platform Instance ✔️ link

Quickstart recipe

Check out the following recipe to get started with ingestion! See below for full configuration options.

For general pointers on writing and running a recipe, see our main recipe guide.

source:
  type: mssql
  config:
    # Coordinates
    host_port: localhost:1433
    database: DemoDatabase

    # Credentials
    username: user
    password: pass

sink:
  # sink configs
Example: using ingestion with ODBC and encryption

This requires you to have already installed the Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/python/pyodbc/step-1-configure-development-environment-for-pyodbc-python-development?view=sql-server-ver15

source:
  type: mssql
  config:
    # Coordinates
    host_port: localhost:1433
    database: DemoDatabase

    # Credentials
    username: admin
    password: password

    # Options
    use_odbc: "True"
    uri_args:
      driver: "ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server"
      Encrypt: "yes"
      TrustServerCertificate: "Yes"
      ssl: "True"

sink:
  # sink configs

Config details

Note that a . is used to denote nested fields in the YAML recipe.

As a SQL-based service, the Athena integration is also supported by our SQL profiler. See here for more details on configuration.

Field Required Default Description
username MSSQL username.
password MSSQL password.
host_port "localhost:1433" MSSQL host URL.
database MSSQL database.
database_alias Alias to apply to database when ingesting.
use_odbc False See https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/14/dialects/mssql.html#module-sqlalchemy.dialects.mssql.pyodbc.
uri_args.<uri_arg> Arguments to URL-encode when connecting. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/dsn-connection-string-attribute?view=sql-server-ver15.
env "PROD" Environment to use in namespace when constructing URNs.
platform_instance None The Platform instance to use while constructing URNs.
options.<option> Any options specified here will be passed to SQLAlchemy's create_engine as kwargs.
See https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/14/core/engines.html#sqlalchemy.create_engine for details.
table_pattern.allow List of regex patterns for tables to include in ingestion.
table_pattern.deny List of regex patterns for tables to exclude from ingestion.
table_pattern.ignoreCase True Whether to ignore case sensitivity during pattern matching.
schema_pattern.allow List of regex patterns for schemas to include in ingestion.
schema_pattern.deny List of regex patterns for schemas to exclude from ingestion.
schema_pattern.ignoreCase True Whether to ignore case sensitivity during pattern matching.
view_pattern.allow List of regex patterns for views to include in ingestion.
view_pattern.deny List of regex patterns for views to exclude from ingestion.
view_pattern.ignoreCase True Whether to ignore case sensitivity during pattern matching.
include_tables True Whether tables should be ingested.
include_views True Whether views should be ingested.

Compatibility

Coming soon!

Questions

If you've got any questions on configuring this source, feel free to ping us on our Slack!