Supported Data Sources

In addition to automated data connections for any DELMIA Apriso Central Configuration connections, the Dashboard Builder also allows you to establish a connection to various data sources such as SQL databases, XML/CSV data files or OLAP cubes.

The following data source types are supported.

SQL Data Source

To connect to various SQL databases, DevExpress Dashboard requires corresponding providers to be installed on the DELMIA Apriso server. The table below lists the supported data sources and the required data providers.

SQL Data Source Supported Versions Data Provider .NET Standard Support

Microsoft SQL Server

2005, 2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019

2005 Express Edition, 2008 R2 Express, 2012 Express, 2014 Express, 2016 Express, 2017 Express, 2019 Express

Azure SQL Database

System.Data.dll (Included in .NET Framework)

System.Data.SqlClient

Yes

Microsoft Access

2000 or higher

System.Data.dll

Microsoft SQL Server CE

3.5, 4.0

System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll (Included in .NET Framework)

Oracle Database

19c or higher

The 64-bit Oracle Data Access Components for Windows (19c)

Please select the “Configure ODP.NET and/or Oracle Providers for ASP.NET at machine-wide level” option during installation.

Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.dll

 

Amazon Redshift

n/a

Npgsql.dll

Google BigQuery

n/a

DevExpress.DataAccess.BigQuery.dll

Teradata

13.0 or higher

Teradata.Client.Provider.dll

 

SAP Sybase Advantage

Advantage Database Server 9.1 or higher

Advantage.Data.Provider.dll

 

SAP Sybase ASE

Sybase Adaptive Server 12.0 or higher

Sybase.AdoNet4.AseClient

SAP SQL Anywhere

11 or higher

Sap.Data.SQLAnywhere

IBM DB2

9.5 or higher

IBM.Data.DB2.dll

Firebird

1.5 or higher, Dialect 3

FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird.dll

FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.dll

Yes

MySQL

4.1 or higher

MySql.Data.dll

Yes

Pervasive PSQL

9.x or higher

Pervasive.Data.SqlClient.dll

PostgreSQL

7.x or higher

Npgsql.dll

Yes

VistaDB

4, 5

VistaDB.5.NET40.dll

SQLite

3.x

System.Data.SQLite.dll

Microsoft.Data.SQLite

Yes

XML file

n/a

n/a

Yes

Note that if you use a custom connection string to establish connection to data, you should specify the XpoProvider parameter. Refer to the How to Configure Third Party Connection topic to see how to specify this parameter.

OLAP Data Source

To use the OLAP data source, the following (MS SQL 2019) Analysis Services Client Libraries have to be installed on DELMIA Apriso server:

The following OLAP servers are supported.

OLAP Mode Limitations

The following features are partially supported for OLAP data sources:

The following features are not supported for OLAP data sources: