Data source connections

IBM® Planning Analytics is pre-configured with data source connections (ODBC drivers) that are deployed during the provisioning process. For more information, see Default data source connections.

For data sources connections that are not available by default, customers can provide IBM with a licensed copy of the desired ODBC driver as per section Client-Provided Materials – ODBC Drivers of the Planning Analytics Service Description. For more information on drivers that customers have asked IBM to install, see Customer-provided data sources (ODBC drivers).

Data source connections can use Secure Gateway to access the data source or connect directly from Planning Analytics on Cloud to the data source ("cloud-to-cloud").

  • For default data sources that use Secure Gateway, please use the Planning Analytics Administration interface to configure the data source.
  • For cloud-to-cloud connections, IBM will help configure the connection for you. To get started, open a support ticket at https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/ .