AfterShip ODBC Driver for TIBCO Spotfire Connection

Accessing the AfterShip database can be fast and seamless by using the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) solution. Providing full interoperability, the ODBC driver for AfterShip allows you to access live AfterShip data directly from TIBCO Spotfire. It enables you to retrieve data to TIBCO Spotfire, and review and modify these data right in this application.

AfterShip Key Features

  • Customization and flexibility
  • Forecasting and analytics
  • Files sync and share
  • Sales automation

TIBCO Spotfire Key Features

  • Interactive data visualization
  • Advanced analytics
  • Data blending and integration
  • Collaboration and sharing
Native Connectivity to AfterShip

Direct Connection

Our data connector enables various ODBC-aware applications to establish a direct connection to AfterShip via TCP/IP to eliminate the need for a AfterShip client. A direct connection increases the speed of data transmission between TIBCO Spotfire and AfterShip for real-time analytics. It streamlines the deployment process since there is no need to distribute any additional client-side software with the ODBC driver for AfterShip.

What are some reasons to choose Devart ODBC Driver for AfterShip?

Integration

Integration

ODBC Driver for AfterShip is compatible with TIBCO Spotfire allowing extraction of data by executing SQL statements.

Platforms Variety

Platforms Variety

ODBC Driver for AfterShip can be used with 32-bit and 64-bit applications on both x32 and x64 platforms, so there is no need to additionally configure the driver, applications, or environment.

Fully Unicode-Compliant Driver

Fully Unicode-Compliant Driver

With our fully Unicode-compliant driver, you can properly retrieve and modify any data in multilingual AfterShip databases, regardless of their character set: Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Chinese, etc., and in any language environment.

How to download, install, and configure ODBC Driver for AfterShip?

Download the driver. Run the installer and follow the instructions in the wizard. Open ODBC Data Sources. In the System DSN tab, click Add. Select the needed driver and click Finish.
In the License tab of the Configuration dialog, click Input Activation Key and enter your key. Click OK.
In the General tab of the Configuration dialog, fill in the fields with the database connection data. To test the connectivity, click Test Connection. To save the DSN, click OK.
Tools

How to connect Tableau to AfterShip data source and access data in 3 steps

Install the driver and configure an ODBC data source in the driver settings

01. Install the driver and configure an ODBC data source. Then, create an ODBC Data Source in TIBCO Spotfire. Next, in the Files and data flyout, click Other,and then select Load data with ODBC, OLE DB, or ADO.NET data provider. Then click Add > Database. In the Open Database dialog, click to select Odbc Data Provider.

Install the ODBC driver for Tibco Spotfire
Start SQL Server Management Studio and create a linked server

02. In the Specify Tables and Columns dialog, select the tables, views, and columns you want to import. Optionally, you can edit the SQL statement or load a previously saved SQL file with a more complex SQL statement. Finally, specify a name in the Data source name field, then click OK.

Specify Tables and Columns
Run a query against the data storage

03. The Add data to analysis page opens. You will see a summary view of the data contained in a dataset that will be added to the analysis in the Preview dialog. Click Close to close the preview and proceed. Alternatively, click Help to get more information. Then click OK to add the retrieved data to the analysis.

Retrieve data via ODBC to Tibco Spotfire

Advantages of Connectivity to AfterShip from TIBCO Spotfire via ODBC Driver

Secure Connection

Secure Connection

Every operation with AfterShip becomes significantly faster using such capabilities of our driver as local data caching, connection pooling, and much more.

Working with TIBCO Spotfire using Multiple Functions

Working with TIBCO Spotfire using Multiple Functions

Using TIBCO Spotfire, you can create tables, add data, select, delete, sort, edit, combine data from several database tables, and find unique values quickly and easily.

ODBC Conformance

ODBC Conformance

The driver fully supports the ODBC interface, its data types, and functions. It offers advanced connection string parameters and allows any ODBC-compliant desktop or web application to connect to AfterShip from TIBCO Spotfire on various platforms.

Simple SQL Querying on TIBCO Spotfire Files

Simple SQL Querying on TIBCO Spotfire Files

TIBCO Spotfire processes SQL through its SQL dialect. Using ODBC connection, it is simple to execute different SQL queries to retrieve entire tables or specific columns from Excel, filter data, formate data, numbers, etc.

Cost-Effective Deployment

Cost-Effective Deployment

Installing the driver is easy with the standalone installation file. There is no need in deploying and configuring any additional software which results in a reduction in deployment costs.

Sharing Your Data with Excel

Sharing Your Data with TIBCO Spotfire

You can share your data with other users in TIBCO Spotfire quickly and easily. Upload your TIBCO Spotfire data to the SharePoint lists so that it can be available for you and others to use to create reports, data models, dashboards, etc.

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