MicroStrategy Sandbox Tutorial_HDP2.0

MicroStrategy, Apache Hive and the Hortonworks Sandbox V2.0 November 8, 2013

Introduction Summary MicroStrategy uses Apache Hive (via ODBC connection) as the defacto standard for SQL access in Hadoop. Establishing a connection from MicroStrategy to Hadoop and the Hortonworks Sandbox is fairly straight forward. While the MicroStrategy Analytics Platform provides a comprehensive set of analytics and business intelligence capabilities, the Analytics Desktop is one component of the platform that gives business users an easy and convenient option to get started with MicroStrategy. The process described here is for MicroStrategy Analytics Desktop installed on Windows, but the approach is similar when using the MicroStrategy Analytics Platform with Hortonworks on non-Windows platforms (Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX). Overview 1. Download the Hortonworks Sandbox 2. Download the 100% Free MicroStrategy Analytics Desktop product 3. Get Started!

Step 1 – Install MicroStrategy Download MicroStrategy Analytics Desktop from www.microstrategy.com/free. Install MicroStrategy Analytics Desktop on a Windows machine.

Step 2 – Install Hortonworks ODBC Connector Install 32-bit Hortonworks ODBC Connector for Windows and configure it with the right Hadoop IP address, port number, database name and the HIVE server type.

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MicroStrategy, Apache Hive and the Hortonworks Sandbox

Make sure that “Test” connection works.

Step 3. Configure your Project Source 1. To connect your MicroStrategy Analytics Desktop to your data source, first click on “Create a Dashboard,” then click “Import Data” from the window that appears.

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2. Click on “Database” on the left side on the next screen.

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3. Click on the “+” on the right side of the Database connection to add your DSN.

4. Click on the “DSN Connections” button where you will choose your DSN (HDP_dsn). You can choose the version of Hive that you are on under DBMS (in this case – Hive 0.11.x). 5. Enter your username and password for your Hadoop system. At this point, only the username is necessary. You can also enter a display name for your database connection (in this case – Hortonworks Connection).

6. Click “OK” and to add your DSN and close the Database Connection window.

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Step 4. Choosing Your Data Tables Once connected to your DSN, simply drag and drop all the needed tables from your Hadoop data source and move them into the project. Objects can either be connected automatically or manually by dragging and dropping.

Press “Continue” and save your cube to start creating reports

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Step 5. Run your reports on MicroStrategy Analytics Desktop

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About MicroStrategy MicroStrategy enables leading organizations worldwide to analyze any data to make better business decisions, whether it is stored on-premises or in the cloud. MicroStrategy provides powerful, easy-to-use data analytics so any business user can quickly and easily visualize and share their information. Companies choose MicroStrategy’s business analytics platform because it combines fast, flexible visualization with sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. MicroStrategy’s mobile intelligence platform helps companies and organizations build, deploy, and maintain mobile apps across a range of solutions by embedding intelligence, transactions, and multimedia into apps. MicroStrategy solutions are available as software or as turnkey, Cloud-based services that combine MicroStrategy and third-party software and hardware to enable rapid, cost-effective development of hosted BI, mobile, and social applications.

About Hortonworks Hortonworks develops, distributes and supports the only 100-percent open source distribution of Apache Hadoop explicitly architected, built and tested for enterprise grade deployments. Developed by the original architects, builders and operators of Hadoop, Hortonworks stewards the core and delivers the critical services required by the enterprise to reliably and effectively run Hadoop at scale. Our distribution, Hortonworks Data Platform, provides an open and stable foundation for enterprises and a growing ecosystem to build and deploy big data solutions. Hortonworks also provides unmatched technical support, training and certification programs. For more information, visit www.hortonworks.com. The Hortonworks Sandbox can be found at: www.hortonworks.com/sandbox.

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