Data Connections

Use this table reference for more information on external system connections and databases

Description

PlaidCloud connects to external systems by using various data connections directly or through PlaidLink agents.

For more details on each data connection type, please navigate to the specific data connection documentation.

Relational Databases

Greenplum

ParameterValue
Connection TypeDatabase
Referencegreenplum

Microsoft SQL Server

ParameterValue
Connection TypeDatabase
Referencesqlserver

MySQL

ParameterValue
Connection TypeDatabase
Referencemysql

ODBC

ParameterValue
Connection TypeDatabase
Referenceodbc

Oracle

ParameterValue
Connection TypeDatabase
Referenceoracle

Postgres

ParameterValue
Connection TypeDatabase
Referencepostgres

Amazon Redshift

ParameterValue
Connection TypeDatabase
Referenceredshift

SAP HANA

ParameterValue
Connection TypeDatabase
Referencehana

Exasol

ParameterValue
Connection TypeDatabase
Referenceexasol

IBM DB2

ParameterValue
Connection TypeDatabase
Referencedb2

Informix

ParameterValue
Connection TypeDatabase
Referenceinformix

Hadoop Based Databases

Hive

ParameterValue
Connection TypeDatabase
Referencehive

Presto

ParameterValue
Connection TypeDatabase
Referencepresto

Spark

ParameterValue
Connection TypeDatabase
Referencespark

Team Collaboration Tools

Microsoft Teams

ParameterValue
Connection TypeNotification
Referenceteams

Slack

ParameterValue
Connection TypeNotification
Referenceslack

Cloud Services

OAuth Connection

ParameterValue
Connection TypeoAuth
Referenceoauth

Quandl

ParameterValue
Connection TypeQuandl
Referencequandl

Google Big Query

ParameterValue
Connection TypeGoogle Big Query
Referencegbq

Google Spreadsheet

ParameterValue
Connection TypeGoogle Spreadsheet
Referencegspread

Oracle EBS utilizes the standard Oracle database connection specified above. This connection provides the connectivity to query, load, and execute PL/SQL programs in Oracle.

If the EBS instance has the REST API interface available, this can be accessed using the same approach as Oracle Cloud described below.

Oracle Cloud utilizes standard RESTful requests to perform queries, data loading, and other operations. A REST connection using OAuth2 tokens is used for these interactions. This uses the standard oAuth connection specified above.

Salesforce utilizes standard RESTful requests to perform all operations. A REST connection using OAuth2 tokens is used for these interactions. This uses the Salesforce specific connection type.

Workday utilizes standard RESTful requests to perform all operations. A REST connection using OAuth2 tokens is used for these interactions. This uses the standard oAuth connection specified above.

ParameterValue
Connection TypeJD Edwards Legacy
Referencejde_legacy

JD Edwards utilizes the standard Oracle database connection specified above. This connection provides the connectivity to query, load, and execute PL/SQL programs in Oracle.

ParameterValue
Connection TypeInfor
Referenceinfor

SAP Analytics Cloud

ParameterValue
Connection TypeSAP Analytics Cloud
Referencesap_sac

SAP ECC

ParameterValue
Connection TypeSAP ECC
Referencesap_ecc

SAP Profitability and Cost Management (PCM)

ParameterValue
Connection TypeSAP PCM
Referencesap_pcm

SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM)

ParameterValue
Connection TypeSAP PaPM
Referencesap_papm
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