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Wyn Enterprise User Guide

Wyn Enterprise: Connect to MySQL

To create a MySQL data source in Wyn Enterprise, follow these steps.

On the Resource Portal, navigate to Create (+) > Create Data Source.
Select Mysql in the data source list on the left or in the icon view on the right.
Fill in the database configuration information for the selected data source.

Field	Description
Name*	The name for the data source that you want to specify.
Server*	A server name or address.
Port	A port number, the default is 3306.
User*	A user name to connect to the MySQL database.
Password*	A password of the MySQL user.
Database*	Enter the server MySQL instance name or click the drop-down to select the instance.
Use Configuration String (Advanced)	Use this option to connect to the data provider through a connection string. The format of the connection string is:`Server=myServerAddress; Port=myServerPort; Database=myDataBase; Uid=myUsername; Pwd=myPassword;`In addition, you can use the user context attribute in the string to filter data, in the format "@{User context name}" such as "@{DBName}". See User Context for details.
Use Table/Field Name Mapping	If you check this option, you can either import a CSV file or manually enter the display names for the required tables or fields in the Mapping dialog. In case of the RDBMS databases, you can also import the name mapping information from another database. For more information on mapping table and column names, visit this topic.

* Required fields

Verify the MySQL connection by clicking Test Connection. If the data source is available, and the credentials are correct, you receive a notification on successful connection.
Click Create after the connection is successful.

You can view the added data source in the Categories tab of the Resource Portal.

Note: If you cannot use the dashboard or report due to the incomplete reading of the MySQL data after the system is upgraded and installed, you should modify the data source connection as follows.
1. If you initially used the connection string, you should delete the database name in the string, such as
2. If you initially used the configuration item, you should change the connection string in Use Configuration String as follows (pay attention to the characters - the database name is not included in the string).