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- Create Database and ODBC DSN:
- Supported* version of PostgreSQL (PostgreSQL 12 or higher)
- A database to house the RED Metadata Repository.
- A database for the Range Table DB (Optional)
- A database to house scheduler (Optional)
- Supported* version of PostgreSQL (PostgreSQL 12 or higher)
- Software Installations
- WhereScape RED10 with valid license key entered and EULA accepted
- WhereScape Enablement Pack for target database version RED10
- Windows Powershell (64-bit) version 4 or higher
- To check the Windows Powershell Version:
- Run the below command in Windows Powershell
Code Block Get-Host|Select-Object Version
- Run the below command in Windows Powershell
- To check the Windows Powershell Version:
- Run the below command in Command Prompt
Code Block powershell $psversiontable
- Run the below command in Command Prompt
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- Create Database and ODBC DSN:
- Snowflake (ODBC driver version 2.22.01 or higher(64-bit))
- At least one schema available to use as a RED Data Warehouse Target
- Snowflake driver Log Level set to 0 in the Windows Registry and the Snowflake DSN Tracing set to 0
- Snowflake (ODBC driver version 2.22.01 or higher(64-bit))
- Software Installations
- Snowflake SnowSQL (CLI Client)
- Python 3.8 or higher (Tested with 3.8-3.11)
- Select "Add Python 3.8 to PATH" from the installation Window
- Pip Manager Install with the command:
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
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Some of the libraries might be deprecated in the newer versions of Python (Python 3.12 and higher) |
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Installation Through Setup Wizard
Run Setup Wizard as administrator
Create a new repository or upgrade an existing repository.
Select the created ODBC DSN, input login details, and then select Validate. Click Next
Select the directory that contains the unzipped Enablement Pack for installation. Click Next
Using the checkboxed list, include or exclude the components that are to be installed. Click Next
Configure a target connection (for example, Data Warehouse) and its target locations.
Validate and click Add.
When done, click Add and then Next to continue.
Configure a data source connection (optional) and its target locations. Validate and click Add. Click Next to advance.
Review the installation summary and click Install
Click View Logs to open the installation log. Click Finish once the installation is completed successfully.
Login to WhereScape RED.
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There is a post-install script that will run at the first login to RED10 to complete the post-setup wizard installation process. |
You will be directed to the below PowerShell window which will give a brief explanation about the post-installation process.
Click OK to start the post-installation. If you click Cancel the installation stops and the user is directed to RED.
The user will be directed to the window below, where they have to select the target connection to be configured. Additionally, by deselecting the provided options, the user can choose not to install a particular option.
You will be directed to the PowerShell window below. Provide the directory that contains the unzipped Enablement Pack.
Select the template set for installation either Python or PowerShell.
Click OK
The progress bar will show the post-installation progress.
Users will have to choose the schema for the target setting that were provided. Three such pop up will come for setting the default target schema for Date Dimension, File Formats, and Jobs.
After selecting the target schema progress bar will show the progress for the installation and once it's completed, you will get the below pop up.
After clicking OK RED10 opens automatically.
The user needs to refresh the All Objects tree once.
After Refresh
Upgrade Of Existing Repository
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- From the host script set a script type of
wsl_post_install_enablement_packas Auto Execute - PowerShell Script
Important Upgrade Notes
If RED upgrades the repository option is chosen.
This enablement pack will overwrite any existing Source Enablement Pack UI Configs:
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- Connection: Data Warehouse ('Snowflake' )- This connection was setup set as per parameters provided in Setup Wizard
- Open it's its properties and check the extended properties tab, set it up for SNOWSQL_ACCOUNT and SNOWSQL_WAREHOUSE
- Connection: 'Database Source System' - this connection was setup set up as an example source connection,
- Open its properties and set it up for a source DB in your environment
- or, you can remove it if not required
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Source Pack Name | Supported By Snowflake | Supported Features | Prerequisites |
Amazon S3 | Yes | Bulk load to Snowflake | For PowerShell Load : |
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 | Yes | Bulk load to Snowflake | Generate and add SAS token to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 connection properties: |
Google Cloud Storage | Yes | Bulk load to Snowflake | 1. Create Storage Integration (Snowflake) |
Google Drive | Yes | Downloads a file From Google Drive and uploads to Snowflake Table | None |
Windows Parser | Load Template, Source Properties will have the option to select parser type to load the files. | Refer to Windows Parser Guide. |
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For upgrade of an existing repository
In the upgrade of an existing repository if the user gets the above error then it means the script type of wsl_post_install_enablement_pack is set to PowerShell(64-bit) change the script type to Auto Execute-PowerShell before upgrading or manually running the wsl_post_install_enablement_pack script from host script from RED after the upgrade.
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