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Analyze IBM Informix Data in Infragistics Reveal
Use the CData API Server to create an OData API on top of IBM Informix data and visualize live IBM Informix data in Ingragistics Reveal.
Reveal is a data visualization solution provided by Infragistics and can be paired with the CData API Server and IBM Informix ADO.NET Provider to build dynamic dashboards from live IBM Informix data. The CData API Server generates an OData API for IBM Informix, which is natively consumable in Reveal. In this article, we walk through connecting to IBM Informix in API Server and connecting to the API Server from Infragistics Reveal to create a simple dashboard.
Connect to IBM Informix 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 "IBM Informix"
- Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to IBM Informix.
Set the following properties to connect to IBM Informix
- Server: Set this to the name of the server running IBM Informix.
- Port: Set this to the port the IBM Informix server is listening on.
- Database: Set this to the name of the IBM Informix database.
- User: Set this to the username of a user allowed to access the database.
- Password: Set this to the password of a user allowed to access the database.
Add IBM Informix Resource Definitions in API Server
After connecting to IBM Informix, create Resources, which represent API endpoints for IBM Informix data.
- Click Settings -> Resources -> Add Resource
- Select the IBM Informix 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 IBM Informix from Reveal through API Server.
- Click Settings -> Users
- Click Add
- Configure a User with access to the IBM Informix 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 IBM Informix 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 IBM Informix data. For more information on creating OData feeds from IBM Informix (and more than 150 other sources), visit the API Server page. Download a free, 30-day trial and start working live IBM Informix data in tools that consume OData APIs.
