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Analyze Azure Synapse Data in Infragistics Reveal
Use the CData API Server to create an OData API on top of Azure Synapse data and visualize live Azure Synapse data in Ingragistics Reveal.
Reveal is a data visualization solution provided by Infragistics and can be paired with the CData API Server and Azure Synapse ADO.NET Provider to build dynamic dashboards from live Azure Synapse data. The CData API Server generates an OData API for Azure Synapse, which is natively consumable in Reveal. In this article, we walk through connecting to Azure Synapse in API Server and connecting to the API Server from Infragistics Reveal to create a simple dashboard.
Connect to Azure Synapse from API Server
CData API Server uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources and generate APIs.
- Open API Server and click Settings -> Connection -> Add Connection
- Select "Azure Synapse"
- Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Azure Synapse.
Connecting to Azure Synapse
In addition to providing authentication (see below), set the following properties to connect to a Azure Synapse database:
- Server: The server running Azure. You can find this by logging into the Azure portal and navigating to Azure Synapse Analytics -> Select your database -> Overview -> Server name.
- Database: The name of the database, as seen in the Azure portal on the Azure Synapse Analytics page.
Authenticating to Azure Synapse
Connect to Azure Synapse using the following properties:
- User: The username provided for authentication with Azure.
- Password: The password associated with the authenticating user.
Add Azure Synapse Resource Definitions in API Server
After connecting to Azure Synapse, create Resources, which represent API endpoints for Azure Synapse data.
- Click Settings -> Resources -> Add Resource
- Select the Azure Synapse connection
- Select the table you wish to retrieve and click Next
- (Optional) Edit the resource to select specific fields and more
- Save the settings
Add an API Server User
Create a User to connect to Azure Synapse from Reveal through API Server.
- Click Settings -> Users
- Click Add
- Configure a User with access to the Azure Synapse Connection and Resource(s)
(Optional) Configure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
When accessing and connecting to multiple different domains from an application such as Ajax, there is a possibility of violating the limitations of cross-site scripting. In that case, configure the CORS settings in Settings -> Server.
- Enable cross-origin resource sharing (CORS): ON
- Allow all domains without '*': ON
- Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, PUT, POST, OPTIONS
- Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization
Save the changes to the settings.
Create a Dashboard in Reveal
With the API Server configured, we can visualize Azure Synapse data in Reveal.
- Log into Reveal and click Dashboards -> New
- Click Data Source -> OData Feed
- Specify the API Server API endpoint URL, for example: https://serverurl/api.rsc
- Select Generic Credentials and specify the API Server username and authentication token
- Select the entity you wish to visualize
- Select fields and choose a chart type
More Information & Free Trial
At this point, you have created a simple dashboard from live Azure Synapse data. For more information on creating OData feeds from Azure Synapse (and more than 150 other sources), visit the API Server page. Download a free, 30-day trial and start working live Azure Synapse data in tools that consume OData APIs.
