Hi all, FYI: <@U06EJFEA11S> We are looking to imp...
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Hi all, FYI: @Evangelos Malandrakis We are looking to implement a timeseries database and we will off course use Gooddata for the visualizations. Our developers are looking at Influx and Timescale. Anyone have experience connecting Goodata to InfluxDB https://www.influxdata.com as a data source? I can see that Timescale is supported by Gooddata https://www.timescale.com/products. Any experience or considerations connecting to Timescale? Appreciate any input to guide our decision!
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Hello Philip, As you’ve correctly noticed, we consider the Timescale as one of our Supported Databases (as an extension to PostgreSQL ): https://www.gooddata.com/docs/cloud/connect-data/create-data-sources/postgresql/ Because TimescaleDB is a PostgreSQL extension, you need to ensure you keep your underlying PotsgreSQL installation up to date. When you upgrade your TimescaleDB extension to a new version, always take the time to check if you need to also upgrade your PostgreSQL version. If you are running an older version of PostgreSQL, you need to upgrade it first, before you upgrade your TimescaleDB extension.
Currently, I have no information regarding InfluxDB but let me double-check on that internally.
Regarding InfluxDB, as was mentioned, we don’t directly support it yet. You could definitely use FlexConnect as an option (a GD feature that allows users to flexibly connect to external data sources and integrate data dynamically): https://www.gooddata.com/docs/cloud/connect-data/create-data-sources/flexconnect/ InfluxDB v2, if I am not mistaken, only supports connection using REST APIs
InfluxDB v3 should have ADBC connector that we could support in the future, but it is still in Alpha.
I will also submit a product feedback on your behalf regarding InfluxDB data source.
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@Julius Kos thanks for the info, we will investigate further on Monday 👍