Overview
Warning:
This driver is not downloadable from a public website. You will need to retrieve the JDBC Driver available as part of your Netezza server installation. The JDBC driver can be copied from your Netezza database server, the JAR file is typically located in <netezza_installation_directory>/kit/sbin/nzjdbc3.jar (For example, /nz/kit/sbin/nzjdbc3.jar).
While the driver is free, using it in Collibra’s product is paid as we did certify that the driver works correctly in our platform. Before using, please verify you have purchased a Metadata Connector license.
This Netezza JDBC driver is provided by Netezza and can be used in Collibra Catalog.
To register Netezza-provided sources, use the section ‘Collibra provided drivers’ in Collibra Catalog. Leveraging this driver, Collibra Catalog will be able to register database information and extract the structure of the source into its schemas, tables and columns.
Using this driver to ingest and profile metadata on the Collibra Platform is payable and covered by a license.
JDBC drivers can retrieve the following database components:
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- Schemas
- Tables
- Views
- Columns
- Primary keys
- Foreign keys
More details
Release Notes
The driver has been certified with the username/password authentication for the following:
- Ingestion of technical metadata from the source.
- Profiling of the registered data source and calculate statistics that describe the data.
Data Profiling is not supported for tables with columns of National Character types (NVARCHAR and NCHAR).
Profiling of such tables will fail with an error as follows:
Table 'XXX' profiling/sampling was skipped for an unknown reason. Please check jobServer logs for more details.
Within the JobServer logfile the following detailed error:
job.catalog.DataSourceReader$ - SQLException trying to read table XXX: org.netezza.error.NzFeatureNotSupportedException: netezza.feature.not.supported
Compatibility
- Collibra Cloud
- Collibra 5.7.5 and newer
- Netezza 7.2 and newer
Dependency
- N/A
License and Usage Requirements
- Collibra Catalog
- Metadata Connector
No previous versions of this listing is available.
Use of this solution requires a license to Collibra Catalog and the purchase of Metadata Connectors at a volume commensurate with desired use. Please contact your sales representative or Customer Success Manager for more information.
