Creating a ClickHouse® connection

To create a ClickHouse® connection:

1. Go to the workbook page.

2. In the top-right corner, click Create → Connection.

3. Select a ClickHouse® connection.

4. Specify the connection parameters for the external ClickHouse® database:

   • Hostname: Specify the path to a master host or a ClickHouse® master host IP address. You can specify multiple hosts in a comma-separated list. If you are unable to connect to the first host, DataLens will select the next one from the list.

   • HTTP interface port: Specify the ClickHouse® connection port. The default port is 8443.

   • Username: Specify the username for the ClickHouse® connection.

     Warning

     The user should have one of the following values set for the parameter readonly:

     • 0: All queries are allowed.
     • 2: Queries to read data and edit settings are allowed.

   • Password: Enter the password for the user.

   • Cache TTL in seconds: Specify the cache time-to-live or leave the default value. The recommended value is 300 seconds (5 minutes).

   • Raw SQL level: Enables you to use an ad-hoc SQL query to generate a dataset.

5. Click Create connection. If you use the new DataLens object model with workbooks and collections, select or create a workbook to save the connection in.

6. Enter a name for the connection and click Create.

Additional settingsAdditional settings

You can specify additional connection settings in the Advanced connection settings section:

• TLS: If this option is enabled, the DB is accessed via HTTPS; if not, via HTTP.

• CA Certificate: To upload a certificate , click Attach file and specify the certificate file. When the certificate is uploaded, the field shows the file name.

• Disable data export: When this option is enabled, the export data button will be hidden in the charts based on this connection. However, you will still be able to copy chart data and take screenshots.

Specifics for ClickHouse® connectionsSpecifics for ClickHouse® connections

In ClickHouse®, you can create a dataset on top of a VIEW that contains a JOIN. To do this, make sure a view is created with the join_use_nulls option enabled. We recommend that you set join_use_nulls = 1 in the SETTINGS section:

CREATE VIEW ... (    ...) AS    SELECT        ...    FROM        ...    SETTINGS join_use_nulls = 1

You should also enable this option for raw-sql subqueries that are used as a data source in your dataset.

To avoid errors when using views with a JOIN in DataLens, re-create all views and set join_use_nulls = 1. This fills in empty cells with NULL values and converts the type of the corresponding fields to Nullable.

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