InfluxDB is a time-series database. Unlike general-purpose databases like MySQL, InfluxDB is designed specifically to deal with timestamped data—and it can scale to handle large volumes of data. It was created by InfluxData, a company based in the Bay Area. In this article, we’ll explain how to build a Peakboard...
In 2011, SAP launched SAP Hana, a completely new type of database. It was designed to replace SQL Server, Oracle, and Informix as the database backend of choice for SAP systems. Now, more than a decade later, running SAP with anything other than Hana is almost unthinkable. But Hana can...
A while ago, we discussed how to query data from Databricks. Back then, we used the Databricks extension to call and process a RESTful HTTP endpoint for submitting a SELECT statement to the database. In this article, we will learn how to insert data into a Databricks table. We’ll use...
Databricks is a California-based BI company. In this article, you’ll learn how to connect Peakboard to Databricks and retrieve some data. Databricks offers a wide array of methods for accessing the data stored inside, in order to support any type of client. Because Peakboard supports ODBC drivers, using ODBC seems...