Create a MySQL source connection in the UI

Source connectors in Adobe Experience Platform provide the ability to ingest externally sourced data on a scheduled basis. This tutorial provides steps for creating a MySQL source connection using the Adobe Experience Platform UI.

Getting started

This tutorial requires a working understanding of the following components of Adobe Experience Platform:

If you already have a MySQL connection, you may skip the remainder of this document and proceed to the tutorial on configuring a dataflow.

Gather required credentials

In order to access your MySQL account on Platform, you must provide the following value:

Credential
Description
connectionString
The MySQL connection string associated with your account. The MySQL connection string pattern is: Server={SERVER};Port={PORT};Database={DATABASE};UID={USERNAME};PWD={PASSWORD}. You can learn more about connection strings and how to obtain them by reading the MySQL document.

Connect your MySQL account

Once you have gathered your required credentials, you can follow the steps below to link your MySQL account to Platform.

Log in to Adobe Experience Platform and then select Sources from the left navigation bar to access the Sources workspace. The Catalog screen displays a variety of sources for which you can create an account with.

Under the Databases category, select MySQL. If this is your first time using this connector, select Configure. Otherwise, select Add data to create a new MySQL connector.

The Connect to MySQL page appears. On this page, you can either use new credentials or existing credentials.

New account

If you are using new credentials, select New account. On the input form that appears, provide a name, an optional description, and your MySQL credentials. When finished, select Connect and then allow some time for the new connection to establish.

Existing account

To connect an existing account, select the MySQL account you want to connect with, then select Next to proceed.

Next steps

By following this tutorial, you have established a connection to your MySQL account. You can now continue on to the next tutorial and configure a dataflow to bring data into Platform.

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