Supported Connection Types
You can create the following types of connections from Alteryx Analytics Cloud (AAC). You can use the given links to create connection.
Create Connection
Select Connections from the top navigation bar.
On the Connections page, select Create Connection.
Actions:
Search: Enter a search string in the search bar to locate connections of interest.
Tip
Search scans the selected category. For broadest search results, select the All types tab.
Tip
You can create connections to datasources hosted on Amazon RDS. Search for Amazon RDS for the available connection types, or select the Amazon RDS version of the connection type of interest. Required configuration information is very similar.
Early Preview: Early Preview connections are read-only connection types that get you connected to your data, so that you can begin exploring and importing as soon as possible. For more information, go to Early Preview Connection Types.
I'm interested: Select I'm interested to upvote adding the connection type to AAC. Help chart the future direction of connectivity!
For more information, go to Create Connection Window.
Connection Categories
In the Create Connection window, connections are organized according to these categories...
Applications
Connect to data storage for your web-based applications.
CRM ERP
These connections enable you to access data in your CRM or ERP systems.
Databases
General relational connectivity:
Relational connectivity is available for the following product editions:
Note
Availability of individual connection types may vary. Please see the documentation for the specific connection type for details.
These connections pertain to relational database sources.
Note
Unless otherwise noted, authentication to a relational connection requires basic authentication (username/password) credentials.
If you are connecting AAC to any relational source of data, such as Redshift or Oracle, you must add the Alteryx Service to your allowlist for those resources.
Note
The database to which you are connecting must be available from the Alteryx service over the public Internet.
For more information, go to Allowlist Platform Service.
Tip
Click the Amazon RDS version of a connection type to create a connection to your Amazon RDS instance of the selected database.
File-API
You can create connections to the listed file-based datastores or to other API-based storage.
Marketing
You can create connections to the datastores for popular marketing solutions.
Connections to Base Storage Layer
Connections of these type are automatically created for you.
Amazon S3 (layer)
This connection type refers to using S3 as the base storage layer.
Supported Versions: n/a
Read: Supported
Write: Supported
Create New Connection: n/a
Alteryx Data Storage (ADS)
Supported Versions: n/a
Read: Supported
Write: Supported
Create New Connection: n/a
Note
A single public connection to ADS is supported.
For more information:
Default Connections
These connections are automatically enabled and configured with the product.
Upload
Enable: Automatically enabled.
Create New Connection: n/a