Overview of creating a database source

Limitations

Only users with the Developer user type and a workspace role that includes the Create (Edit) Data Source permission can create database sources.

Entry points

Log on to the Quick BI console. You can open the data source creation page in several ways.

• Entry 1: From the global resource menu

  

• Entry 2: From the Data Sources page within a workspace

  

• Entry 3: From the resource list within a workspace

  

Each of these entry points takes you to the Connect to a Data Source page, where you can select a data source type and configure its connection.

IP allowlist

When you connect Quick BI to a database over the public network, you must add the Quick BI IP addresses to the database's allowlist.

On the data source configuration page, click Copy Allowlist to copy the Quick BI IP addresses. The following figure shows an example using Alibaba Cloud RDS for MySQL.

Supported data sources and types