To use Looker with DataVirtuality, you will need to configure a DataVirtuality driver. These instructions describe that process, assuming use of a startup script similar to the examples provided on this Looker GitHub page.
You will need to acquire a DataVirtuality driver JAR, include it as part of the startup process, and add an option to tell Looker to access it.
Installing the DataVirtuality JDBC driver
Follow the steps on the Unpackaged JDBC drivers documentation page using the following values:
driver symbol: datavirtuality
driver entry:
- name: datavirtuality
dir_name: datavirtuality
module_path: com.datavirtuality.dv.jdbc.Driver
Connecting Looker to DataVirtuality
Configure a database connection via the Looker interface. From the Admin section, select Connections then click Add Connection. See the Creating a new database connection documentation page for more information.
Click on Test These Settings to verify the connection is successful. The Testing database connectivity documentation page has troubleshooting information.
Feature support
For Looker to support some features, your database dialect must also support them.
DataVirtuality supports the following features as of Looker 23.4:
| Feature | Supported? |
|---|---|
| Support Level | Supported |
| Symmetric Aggregates | Yes |
| Derived Tables | Yes |
| Persistent SQL Derived Tables | No |
| Persistent Native Derived Tables | No |
| Stable Views | No |
| Query Killing | Yes |
| Pivots | No |
| Timezones | No |
| SSL | Yes |
| Subtotals | No |
| JDBC Additional Params | Yes |
| Case Sensitive | Yes |
| Location Type | Yes |
| List Type | No |
| Percentile | No |
| Distinct Percentile | No |
| SQL Runner Show Processes | No |
| SQL Runner Describe Table | Yes |
| SQL Runner Show Indexes | No |
| SQL Runner Select 10 | Yes |
| SQL Runner Count | Yes |
| SQL Explain | No |
| Oauth Credentials | No |
| Context Comments | Yes |
| Connection Pooling | No |
| HLL Sketches | No |
| Aggregate Awareness | No |
| Incremental PDTs | No |
| Milliseconds | Yes |
| Microseconds | Yes |
| Materialized Views | No |
| Approximate Count Distinct | No |