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Oracle

Oracle is an object-relational database management system that is widely used in enterprise applications.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you have the following details before configuring Oracle as a source:

  • Hostname or IP address
  • Port
  • Service Name

Configuring Oracle as a Source

Perform these steps to configure Oracle:

  1. On the Datasets page, you can see a truncated list of Sources at the bottom-left of the page. Click Add Source.

    Alternatively, click Databases. The page displays all database sources. Click the Add database button at the top-right of that page.

  2. In the Add Data Source dialog, click Oracle.

    The following section describes the source configuration tabs.

General

The General tab contains the required fields to create an Oracle source.

Perform these steps in the General tab:

  1. In the General tab, for Name, enter a name.

  2. For Host, enter the Oracle host name.

  3. For Port, enter the Oracle port number. The default port is 1521.

  4. For Service Name, enter the service name of your Oracle database.

  5. (Optional) For Enable TLS encryption, enable encrypted connections to Oracle using TLS.

    note

    You can only enable TLS encryption or Oracle native encryption for a given source.

  6. (Optional) For Oracle Native Encryption, the default encryption is Accepted. The other values are Required, Rejected, and Requested.

    To enable Oracle native encryption, you should also modify the SQLNET.Ora file by adding the following lines.

    SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_SERVER = required. //Set the value to required or request
    SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_TYPES_SERVER = (AES256) //Set the value to the appropriate encryption and the value can be different.
    SQLNET.CRYPTO_CHECKSUM_SERVER = required

    The Oracle native encryption values are described in the following table.

    Oracle Native Encryption ValuesDescription
    AcceptedThe client or server allows both encrypted and non-encrypted connections. This is the default if the parameter is not set.
    RejectedThe client or server refuses encrypted traffic.
    RequestedThe client or server requests encrypted traffic if it is possible, but accepts non-encrypted traffic if encryption is not possible.
    RequiredThe client or server only accepts encrypted traffic.
  7. For Authentication, you must choose one of the following authentication options:

    • Master Authentication, this is the default option. Provide the username and password of a master database user with permissions to read required objects:
      • For Username, enter your Oracle database username.
      • For Password, enter your Oracle database password.
    • Secret Resource Url:
      • For Username, enter your Oracle database username.
      • For Secret Resource Url, enter the Secret Resource URL that allows Dremio to fetch the password from AWS Secrets Manager. The Secret Resource URL is the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the secret (for example, arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:123456789012:secret:my-rds-secret-VNenFy).
    • For Kerebros, choose this option when the source database has Kerebros configured.

Advanced Options

Click Advanced Options in the sidebar.

note

All advanced options are optional.

Advanced OptionDescription
Use timezone as connection regionIf selected, uses timezone to set connection region.
Include synonymsIf selected, includes synonyms as datasets.
Map Oracle DATE columns to TIMESTAMPIf checked, Oracle DATE columns are exposed as TIMESTAMP.
Record fetch sizeNumber of records to fetch at once. Set to 0 (zero) to have Sonar automatically decide. The default record fetch size is 200.
Maximum Idle ConnectionsThe total number of connections allowed to be idle at a given time. The default maximum idle connections is 8.
Connection Idle TimeThe amount of time (in seconds) allowed for a connection to remain idle before the connection is terminated. The default connection idle time is 60 seconds.
Use LDAP Naming ServicesTo use LDAP in the authentication of the external sources that can be used rather than locally configured users within Oracle. If checked, enter a domain name in the Set DN for LDAP Naming Services text box.
EncryptionProvide the SSL/TLS server certificate distinguished name, otherwise, leave it blank to disable the DN match.
Connection PropertiesCustom key value pairs for the connection relevant to the source. To add a connection property, click Add property and add the property name and value.

Reflection Refresh

The Reflection Refresh tab in the sidebar allows you to set time intervals for reflections to refresh or expire.

Metadata

You can configure settings to refresh metadata and handle datasets. Click Metadata in the sidebar.

You can configure Dataset Handling and Metadata Refresh parameters.

Dataset Handling

These are the Dataset Handling parameters.

note

All Dataset Handling parameters are optional.

ParameterDescription
Remove dataset definitions if underlying data is unavailableBy default, Sonar removes dataset definitions if underlying data is unavailable. Useful when files are temporarily deleted and added back in the same location with new sets of files.
Metadata Refresh

These are the Metadata Refresh parameters:

  • Dataset Discovery: The refresh interval for fetching top-level source object names such as databases and tables. Set the time interval using this parameter.

    ParameterDescription
    (Optional) Fetch everyYou can choose to set the frequency to fetch object names in minutes, hours, days, or weeks. The default frequency to fetch object names is 1 hour.
  • Dataset Details: The metadata that Sonar needs for query planning such as information required for fields, types, shards, statistics, and locality. These are the parameters to fetch the dataset information.

    note

    All Dataset Details parameters are optional.

    ParameterDescription
    Fetch modeYou can choose to fetch only from queried datasets that are set by default. Sonar updates details for previously queried objects in a source. Fetching from all datasets is deprecated.
    Fetch everyYou can choose to set the frequency to fetch dataset details in minutes, hours, days, or weeks. The default frequency to fetch dataset details is 1 hour.
    Expire afterYou can choose to set the expiry time of dataset details in minutes, hours, days, or weeks. The default expiry time of dataset details is 3 hours.

Privileges

You can grant privileges to specific users or roles.

  1. (Optional) For Privileges, enter the user name or role name that you want to grant access to and click the Add to Privileges button. The added user or role is displayed in the Users table.
  2. (Optional) For the users or roles in the Users table, toggle the green checkmark for each privilege you want to grant to the Oracle source that is being created.

Click Save after setting the configuration.

Editing an Oracle Source

To edit an Oracle source:

  1. On the Datasets page, click Databases. A list of databases is displayed.

  2. Hover over the database and click the Settings This is the Settings icon.

  3. In the Source Settings dialog, you cannot edit the name. Editing other parameters is optional.

  4. Click Save.

Removing an Oracle Source

To remove an Oracle source, perform these steps:

  1. On the Datasets page, click Databases. A list of sources is displayed.

  2. Hover over the source and click the More (...) icon that appears next to the source.

  3. From the list of actions, click Remove Source. Confirm that you want to remove the source.

    caution

    Removing a source causes all downstream views dependent on objects in this source to break.

Predicate Pushdowns

Dremio offloads these operations to Oracle.

*, +, -, /, %
<, <=, <>, =, >, >=, !=
AND, NOT, OR, ||
ABS
ACOS
ADD_MONTHS
ASIN
ATAN
ATAN2
AVG
CAST
CEIL
CEILING
CHAR_LENGTH
CHARACTER_LENGTH
CONCAT
COS
COSH
COT
COVAR_POP
COVAR_SAMP
DATE_ADD
DATE_SUB
DATE_TRUNC_DAY
DATE_TRUNC_HOUR
DATE_TRUNC_MINUTE
DATE_TRUNC_MONTH
DATE_TRUNC_QUARTER
DATE_TRUNC_WEEK
DATE_TRUNC_YEAR
DEGREES
E
EXP
EXTRACT_CENTURY
EXTRACT_DAY
EXTRACT_DOW
EXTRACT_DOY
EXTRACT_HOUR
EXTRACT_MINUTE
EXTRACT_MONTH
EXTRACT_QUARTER
EXTRACT_SECOND
EXTRACT_WEEK
EXTRACT_YEAR
FLOOR
IS DISTINCT FROM
IS NOT DISTINCT FROM
IS NOT NULL
IS NULL
LAST_DAY
LCASE
LEFT
LENGTH
LIKE
LN
LOCATE
LOG
LOG10
LOWER
LPAD
LTRIM
MAX
MEDIAN
MIN
MOD
PERCENT_CONT
PERCENT_DISC
PI
POSITION
POW
POWER
RADIANS
REGEXP_LIKE
REPLACE
REVERSE
RIGHT
ROUND
RPAD
RTRIM
SIGN
SIN
SINH
SQRT
STDDEV
STDDEV_POP
STDDEV_SAMP
SUBSTR
SUBSTRING
SUM
TAN
TANH
TO_CHAR
TO_DATE
TRIM
TRUNC
TRUNCATE
UCASE
UPPER
VAR_POP
VAR_SAMP