Connecting to Oracle database

Applies to: Dataedo 10.x versions, Article available also for: 24.x (current), 23.x

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Connection type - Direct vs Oracle client

Oracle database supports different connection modes. Dataedo supports now two connection types:

Oracle client - required Oracle client installed on your machine
Direct - no client/provider is required

Connection to Oracle

Oracle client 32 vs 64 bit

Dataedo is shipped with 2 executables - 32 bit and 62 bit. Connecting to Oracle requires using the same architecture as Oracle client installed on your machine. It is not determined by the architecture of workstation Windows.

If you have 32 bit Oracle client run Dataedo (32 bit).
If you have 64 bit Oracle client run Dataedo (64 bit).

Connecting to Oracle with Oracle Client

To connect to Oracle database create new documentation by clicking Add documentation and choosing Database connection.

Add documentation

On the connection screen choose Oracle as DBMS.

Provide database connection details:

Connection type -choose connection type (Direct or Oracle client )
Host - provide a host name or address where a database is on. E.g. server17, server17.ourdomain.com or 192.168.0.37.
Service name - type in Oracle instance Service name
Port - type in Oracle instance port name
User and password - provide your username and password
Schema - you can choose schema(s) that you want to import to your documentation

Connection to Oracle

Here is a comparison with connection details in Oracle SQL Developer.

Connection to Oracle

Finding connection details

If you don't know connection details you can look into \\network\admin\tnsnames.ora file.

Different, multiple schemas

By default, Dataedo reads only objects from the user's schema, but you can choose a different schema or even multiple schemas at once..

Check Use different schema option and choose the schemas you want to import from through the the list displayed when clicking the [...] button.

Saving password

You can save password for later connections by checking Save password option. Password are saved in the repository database.

Importing schema

When connection was successful Dataedo will read objects and show a list of objects found. You can choose which objects to import. You can also use advanced filter to narrow down list of objects.

Objects to import