How to install a database driver file in Data360 Analyze

If you are using a database which requires a driver that is not shipped with Data360 Analyze, you will need to install third party drivers. Analyze is capable of working with MANY database drivers. The Getting Started section in Analyze contains robust documentation on how to setup and configure your database. There are links to it below if you need them. 

Note: please ensure that your driver is compatible with Java 8. 

We recommend installing drivers in a sub-directory under the Site folder, e.g. <site directory>/lib/java/db/<driverName>. The `db` folder needs to be created under the site directory as it is not created during the install.

After placing the driver there, you will need to set 'DbDriverClasspath' on the node to the folder where you placed the driver.. for more info see the JDBC nodes, under the 'Advanced database connection' section, which can be found HERE.

On Windows, the easiest way of getting to the site folder is, within Windows Explorer, type %localappdata% into the address bar and hit 'Return' then navigate to Data3SixtyAnalyze/site and then drill into the lib/java folder where you can create the 'db' folder and the required sub-folder for the specific database driver.

Directories under the Analyze installation folder (such as C:\Program Files\Data3SixtyAnalyze\lib\java\db ) should not be used as they will not survive an upgrade. For more on that see our documentation... Acquiring Data From A Database