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External Data

External Data provides a complete solution that allows you to combine data from different sources into one report, supporting the following features:

  • Ability to create reusable connections to external data sources
  • Security layer over external data access, including the use of Modern Authentication (OAuth 2)
  • 32-bit and 64-bit connections
  • Client-side and server-side (reusable) connections
  • Additional data access drivers for performance and convenience
  • Seamless integration into existing Folders, Publishing, and Scheduling functionality
  • Ability to join within an External Data source
  • Ability to perform a Table Lookup to External Data sources
  • Allow reports to reference database tables by administrator maintained table aliases.
  • Allow filtering by schema for tables seen by developers.