Altair Panopticon Streams Server Installation and Reference Help

Allows periodical dumping of data from a Kafka topic into a time series database such as InfluxDB.

Steps:

1. On the Data Source tab, select Output > Influx DB in the Connector drop-down list.

2. Define or select the following properties:

Property	Description
URL	URL of the InfluxDB.
Port	The port running the InfluxDB HTTP service. Default is 8086.
Database	The name of the database that will be communicate over the HTTP(S).
User Id	The user Id that will be used to connect to InfluxDB.
Password	The password that will be used to connect to InfluxDB.
Measurement	The table name that can be used as measurement.

3. Click . A new column entry displays. Enter or select the following properties:

Property	Description
Source	The column name of the source schema.
Target	The column name of the target schema.
Type	The data type of the column. Can be a Text, Numeric, or Time

4. Repeat step 3 to add more sources.

5. You can also click any of the following buttons:

Button	Description
	Check the topmost to select all data source column entries.
	Check the of a data source entry or check the topmost to select all column entries and click to delete.
	Allows you to select an output topic in the drop-down list. Click OK. The schema of the selected output topic is displayed.
	Tests if the connection to the output connector is successful. If successful, a confirmation message displays. Click OK. Otherwise, an error prompt displays. Click Close and fix the connection error.

6. Click . The new data source is added in the Data Sources list.