Connection Types

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Trifacta® SaaS supports the following types of connections. Use the links below to enable connection to each type and, where applicable, to create new connections to individual instances of the same type. 

Supported Environments

Trifacta SaaS

Running environment(s): Trifacta Photon and Spark

Base storage layer: S3

Default Connections

These connections are automatically enabled and configured with the product.

Upload

Enable: Automatically enabled.

Create New Connection: n/a

Cloud Platforms

These connections pertain to cloud platforms with which Trifacta SaaS can integrate.

TFS

Supported Versions: n/a

• Read: Supported
• Write: Supported

Create New Connection: n/a

For more information:

• Configure Storage Environment
• Using TFS
• TFS Browser

Amazon S3 (layer)

This connection type refers to using S3 as the base storage layer.

Supported Versions: n/a

• Read: Supported
• Write: Supported

Create New Connection: n/a

Amazon Redshift

Supported Versions:  n/a

• Read: Supported
• Write: Supported

Enable: Create Redshift Connections

Create New Connection: 

UI: Create Redshift Connections

Snowflake

Supported Versions:  n/a

Supported Environments:

• Read: Supported
• Write: Supported

Enable: Create Snowflake Connections

Create New Connection: 

UI: Create Snowflake Connections

API: API Reference

• Type: snowflake
• vendor: snowflake

Relational DBs

General relational connectivity:

Relational connectivity is available for the following product editions:

These connections pertain to relational database sources.

If you are connecting Trifacta SaaS to any relational source of data, such as Redshift or Oracle, you must add the Trifacta Service to your whitelist for those resources.

For more information, see Getting Started with Trifacta SaaS.

MySQL

Supported Versions: 5.7 and 8.0 Community

• Read: Supported
• Write: Supported

Create New Connection:

UI: Create MySQL Connections

Oracle

Supported Versions: 12.1.0.2

• Read: Supported
• Write: Supported

Create New Connection: 

UI: Create Oracle Connections

PostgreSQL

Supported Versions: 9.3.10

• Read: Supported
• Write: Supported

Create New Connection:

UI: Create PostgreSQL Connections

SQL Server

Supported Versions: 12.0.4

• Read: Supported
• Write: Supported

Create New Connection:

UI: 

• Create SQL Server Connections
• Create Connection Window

MongoDB

Supported Versions: n/a

Supported Environments:

• Read: Supported
• Write: Not supported

Enable: MongoDB Connections

Create New Connection: 

UI: Create Connection Window

API:

"vendor": "mongodb",
"vendorName": "MongoDB",
"type": "jdbc"

MongoDB Atlas

Supported Versions: n/a

Supported Environments:

• Read: Supported
• Write: Not supported

Enable: MongoDB Connections

Create New Connection: 

UI: Create Connection Window

API:

"vendor": "mongodb_atlas",
"vendorName": "MongoDB Atlas",
"type": "jdbc"

Applications

Trifacta SaaS can be configured to connect to the following applications.

Salesforce

Supported Versions: n/a

Supported Environments:

• Read: Supported
• Write: Not supported

Create New Connection: 

UI:

• Create Salesforce Connections

Microsoft SharePoint

Supported versions: n/a

• Read: Supported
• Write: Supported

Create New Connection:

UI: Create SharePoint Connections

Early Preview

Early Preview connections are read-only connection types that get you connected to your data, so that you can begin exploring and transforming as soon as possible. For more information, see Early Preview Connection Types.

Coming Soon

Connections listed under the Coming Soon are on the roadmap for development and release. These connections are not available for use in the current release of the product.