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Intro

Aurora is a MySQL and PostgreSQL compatible relational database built for the cloud, that combines the performance and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. Use the Aurora MySQL connector to efficiently and securely bring in data from your database. Once your data is in Domo, you can give managers and stakeholders transparency with real-time, interactive dashboards. Set up alerts to be notified of changes in your key data points. And you can access all your data in real-time, from any device. Domo’s Aurora Connector is an open-source database. To learn more about the Amazon Aura connector API, visit their page (https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/). The Aurora Connector is a “Cloud App” Connector, meaning it retrieves data stored in the cloud. In the Data Center, you can access the Connector page for this and other Cloud App Connectors by clicking Cloud App in the toolbar at the top of the window. You connect to your Amazon Aura account in the Data Center. This topic discusses the fields and menus that are specific to the Amazon Aura Connector user interface. General information for adding DataSets, setting update schedules, and editing DataSet information is discussed in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

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Prerequisites

To connect to your Amazon Aurora account and create a DataSet, you must have the following:
  • The username and password you use to log into your database
  • The hostname or IP address of your database server
  • The port number for your database
  • The database name or schema name
You can also include the URL where your SSL CA Certificate is located, though this is optional.

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Connecting to Your Aura Account

This section enumerates the options in the Credentials and Details panes in the Aura Connector page. The components of the other panes on this page, Scheduling, and Name & Describe Your DataSet, are universal across most connector types and are discussed in greater length in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

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Credentials Pane

The Domo Aurora Connector uses OAuth to connect, so there is no need to enter credentials within Domo. Click Connect (or select Add Account if you have existing Aurora database accounts in Domo) to open the Aurora OAuth screen where you can enter your Aurora database username and password. Once you have entered valid Aurora database credentials, you can use the same account any time you go to create a new Aurora connector DataSet. You can manage connector accounts in the Accounts tab in the Data Center. For more information about this tab, see Managing User Accounts for Connectors. The following Credential table describes what is needed for each field:

Field

Description

Username Enter your database username.
Password Enter your database password.
Host Enter the hostname or IP address of your database server. Example: db.company.com
Port Enter the port number for your database server.
Database Name Enter your database name.
CA Certificate (optional) Enter the URL where the SSL CA Certificate is located.
Once you have entered valid credentials, you can use the same account any time you go to create a new Amazon Aurora Partition DataSet. You can manage connector accounts in the Accounts tab in the Data Center. For more information about this tab, see Managing User Accounts for Connectors. Note: If you are already logged into Aurora connector when you connect in Domo, you are authenticated automatically when you click Add account. If you want to connect to an account that is different from the one you are logged into, you must first log out of the Aurora connector.

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Details Pane

This page contains a primary Reports menu, along with various other menus which may or may not appear depending on the report type you select.

Menu

Description

Query

Enter the Structured Query Language (SQL) query to use in selecting the data you want. For example:

select * from Employee

You can use the Query Helper parameter to help you write a usable SQL query. To use the Query Helper , do the following:

  1. Select your database table and table columns in the appropriate menus.

  2. Copy the SQL statement that appears in the Query Helper field.

  3. Paste the copied SQL statement into the Query field.

Query Type Select the desired MySQL query type—either with or without a parameter.
Query Parameter

Enter the query parameter value. This is the initial value for the query parameter. You can use this option to retrieve new data since the last run.

For example, if you entered the following query in the Query field…

select * from test.lastValue where id <=!{lastvalue:id}! order by id desc

…and then entered the following for the Query Parameter …

!{lastvalue:id}!=3

…then the first run would return 3 rows, and all subsequent runs would return 1 row, and the results would be ordered from largest to smallest.

Similarly, if you entered the following in the Query field…

select * from test.lastValue where time >!{lastrundate:time}!

…and then entered the following for the Query Parameter …

!{lastrundate:time}!=01/01/1990

…then the first run would return 5 rows and all subsequent runs would return 0 rows.

Partition Column Name Select partition column name.
Past Days Enter the number of past days you want to get data for. Value can be a positive integer. For example 30.
Date Format Select the required date format. By default, yyyy-MM-dd will be used.
TinyInt Values Treated as Bit (Boolean) Values Select Yes if you want the tiny integer values to be treated as boolean values, else select No.
Cast Boolean Values To… Select whether the String or Integer boolean values will be cast within your dataset.
String: False/True
Integer: 0/1
Database Table (Optional)

Select the database table you want to import into Domo.

Table Columns (Optional)

Select the table columns you want to import into Domo.

Query Helper (Optional)

Copy and paste the SQL statement in this field into the Query field. For more information, see Query , above.

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Other Panes

For information about the remaining sections of the Connector interface, including how to configure scheduling, retry, and update options, see Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

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FAQs

You need the username, password, hostname or IP address, port number, and database name associated with your database. You can also include the URL where your SSL CA certificate is located, though it is optional.
To get a certificate bundle that contains both the intermediate and root certificates for all AWS Regions, download from https://truststore.pki.rds.amazonaws.com/global/global-bundle.pem.If your application is on Microsoft Windows and requires a PKCS7 file, you can download the PKCS7 certificate bundle. This bundle contains both the intermediate and root certificates at https://truststore.pki.rds.amazonaws.com/global/global-bundle.p7b.
Note:Amazon RDS Proxy and Aurora Serverless use certificates from the AWS Certificate Manager (ACM). If you are using RDS Proxy, you don’t need to download Amazon RDS certificates or update applications that use RDS Proxy connections. For more information about using TLS/SSL with RDS Proxy, see Using TLS/SSL with RDS Proxy.If you are Aurora Serverless, downloading Amazon RDS certificates isn’t required. For more information about using TLS/SSL with Aurora Serverless, seeUsing TLS/SSL with Aurora Serverless v1.
Limits depend on your server configuration.
Datasets can run as often as every 15 minutes. However, depending on the runtime of the query, datasets may need to run less frequently.
Make sure that all the words, table names, and field names are correctly spelled.
Before you can connect to your database, you must also whitelist a number of IP addresses on your database server on the port you want to connect to. For the full list of IP addresses, see Whitelisting IP Addresses.
In the Amazon Aurora connector, you need to select a JDBC driver to connect to your database. The Amazon Aurora connector gives you a choice to write an SQL query with or without the query parameter. It allows you to select the database table and table columns. It also provides a Query Helper to guide you in writing an SQL query.The Amazon Aurora Partition connector supports partitioning, thus optimizing your database performance. You need to select the table name and partition column name. You also need to specify the number of past days you want to get data for. It gives you a choice if you want your TinyInt values to be treated as String or Integer, though it’s optional. You can select the Date format for your data to be retrieved.

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Troubleshooting

  • Make sure your authentication remains valid.
  • Review the configuration to make sure that all required items have been selected.
  • Review the Connector history for error messages.
  • In rare cases, you may be requesting too much information and reaching API limitations or timeouts. If this is the case, you can review the history of the Connector run to see the error message and duration. If this is the case, you can reduce the number of accounts that are being pulled, choose a smaller number of metrics for the report that you are pulling, or reduce the timeframe that you are trying to pull.