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    1. Go back to Integrations and click the Add Connector button.  (Last success auth: This refers to the time when the MSPbots Agent last pulled the database configuration information, which is set by default to occur every 5 minutes.)
      SQL ADD CONNECTOR
    2. Fill in all of the following required fields. 
      A. Database Type - Select either SQL Server or MySQL.
      B. Agent - The agent will auto-populate with the machine name you installed.
      C. IP - Provide the internal IP address or FQDN of the SQL or MySQL server.
      D. Database Name
      E. Time Zone - Select your time zone ( The time zone of the connected database ).
      F. User ID - This is the username of the user with read-only access to the database.
      G. Password - This is the password of the user with read-only access to the database. 

      SQL agent info

      Note

      Please note it may take a few moments for the agent to check in after installation.

    3. Multiple MSPbots Agent
      1. If you have installed multiple MSPbots agents (with databases in multiple different network segments), you need to select the device name where MSPbots Agent is installed under the corresponding gateway of the database in the Agent selection box.
    4. Click Save And Sync

Create a dataset and validate the data.

    1. Go to Datasets on the MSPbots app menu and click the New SQL Agent Dataset button. 
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    2. When the New window appears,

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      Click integration to select SQL Agent  fill in the dataset Name and Description fields.

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    3. Next, go to the Data Cleaning tab to show the Validate SQL section below. Select a database from the DB dropdown list. 

      The most common SQL statement to use here is “select * from TABLENAME”.


      DB name and sync frequency

    4. Scroll down to the Validate SQL section, fill in the SQL field, and input your desired Sync Frequency in minutes.
      Sync Frequency is currently limited to 30 minutes and can only be decreased for smaller datasets. For larger datasets, the frequency may be limited due to a large amount of data ingestion and the constraint it would place on both your server and ours. 

    5. Click Confirm when done. This will show a preview of the data for your validation. You can customize or use the default character length for string-type fields.
      validate dataset preview
    6. Once you confirm the data is correct, click OK to create and save the dataset. The data will be synchronized in 10 minutes.

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