# Sisense

#### Connectivity Summary

An out of the box connector is available for Sisense. It provides support for Crawling and Lineage building.

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> The connectivity to Sisense via Rest APIs, which is included in the platform.

**Note:** The connector supports all the latest versions of Sisense. 

#### Connector Capabilities

The connector capabilities are shown below:

**Crawling**

Supported objects for Crawling are:

* Reports
* Report Columns

Please see this article [Crawling Data](https://support.ovaledge.com/step-by-step-guide-to-setup-ovaledge-crawlers) for more details on crawling. 

**Lineage Building**

| **Lineage Entities** | **Details** |
| -------------------- | ----------- |
| Table lineage        | Supported   |
| Column lineage       | Supported   |
| Lineage Sources      | Supported   |

#### **Pre-requisites**

To use the connector, we need the following:

* Connection details as specified in the following section should be available.
* A service account which has 'Access your data' (API) or full access, for Crawling. The minimum privileges required are:

| **Operation**       | **Access Permission**  |
| ------------------- | ---------------------- |
| Connection validate | Access your data (API) |
| Crawl Domains       | Access your data (API) |
| Crawl Reports       | Access your data (API) |

#### **Connection Details**

The following connection settings should be added for connecting to a Sisense:

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* **Database Type:** Sisense
* **Connection Name:** Select a Connection name for the Sisense. The name that you specify is a reference name to easily identify your Sisense connection in OvalEdge.
* **Hostname / IP Address:** Database instance URL\
  Example: oe-sisense.ovaledge.net
* **Username:** Sisense login username
* **Password:** Sisense login password
* **Port number:** Sisense Port - 80805
* **Connection String:** Sisense connection string. Set the Connection string toggle button to automatic, to get the details automatically from the credentials provided. Alternatively, you can manually enter the string.\
  **Format:** http\://{server}/{port}

> Once connectivity is established, additional configurations for [Crawling](https://support.ovaledge.com/understanding-crawler-settings) and [Profiling](https://support.ovaledge.com/understanding-profiling-settings) can be specified.

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