This content describes how to configure adapters and create synonyms for accessing data.
This manual describes the configuration and management of Adapters. It is intended for database administrators and application developers.
The Adapter for Db2 can now be configured to use JDBC in addition to CLI and CAF. Any user having problems configuring the adapter to use CLI can now avoid those problems by configuring the adapter using JDBC.
For more information, see Chapter 19, Using the Adapter for Db2 in the Adapter Administration documentation.
The Adapter for Slack® integrates WebFOCUS with business messaging applications. WebFOCUS can retrieve and post Slack messages and, using the SLACK function, can send Slack messages from a WebFOCUS procedure.
For more information, see Chapter 92, Using the Adapter for Slack in the Adapter Administration documentation.
The Adapter for Presto™ is a distributed SQL query engine designed to query large data sets. The adapter converts application requests into JDBC calls and returns optimized answer sets to the requesting application. For example, a user with data in Hadoop® can use Presto to access that data, as it provides much faster access than Hive™ and other alternatives.
For more information, see Chapter 77, Using the Adapter for Presto in the Adapter Administration documentation.
The following python statistical functions are distributed with the Adapter for Python.
In the Reporting Server Synonym Editor, these functions are available when you create an expression. Right-click a measure field, point to New Expression, and click Apply Function or Advanced Expression. Click post-aggregation to gain access to the Python Statistical functions, as shown in the following image.
You can access the complete list of prerequisites when you configure the adapter by right-clicking the adapter name and clicking Prerequisites.
In the WebFOCUS Total Access Cloud, Python will be pre-installed and configured, and the required variables will be set.
PYTHON([app/]synonym, input1 [, input2 ...], output)
where:
Is the application and synonym name for the Python script.
Are the input arguments.
Is the output argument. This argument must match the name of a field in the OUTPUT_DATA segment in the Master File.
Each Python script used with the Adapter for Python must have a synonym (metadata object) that describes the input fields and output fields of the script. If a Python script contains multiple user written functions, and you want to be able to use more than one function within the script as a starting point, you must create a separate synonym for each function within the script.
