2 posts tagged with "connections"

As mentioned in a previous blog, we are on a journey to develop and improve the connectivity between RapidMiner Cloud and any external data sources. The goal is to allow users to incorporate external data into their workflows, be it as input or output.

We plan to incorporate connectivity in 4 phases, and we have now completed phase 2:

• Phase 1: connections are available, but the user still needs Studio to create and edit them (complete).
• Phase 2: it will be possible to add and edit connections directly in the cloud (complete).
• Phase 3: connections will be shareable among multiple users and projects.
• Phase 4: it will be possible to create connection templates which can be shared in a secure way without credentials or other sensitive data.

Phase 2 is actually the most important, because it makes connections usable in any RapidMiner project. The remaining task is to improve connection management for large environments.

Data access in RapidMiner​

The RapidMiner platform includes connection objects that give workflows access to external data. Supported external data sources include:

• traditional JDBC databases,
• NoSQL,
• cloud repositories (S3, Azure DataLake, Google BigData, Salesforce),
• some industry-specific, like SensorLink, and
• many others.

All these connections are now available in the cloud. Connections belong to projects and they can be used in Designer workflows.