Connecting to a universe data source

  1. On the Home page, select Acquire Data.
  2. In the Add new dataset dialog, select Universe, and select Next.
  3. In the Universe credentials pane:
    1. Enter the name or IP address of the server that hosts your Central Management Server (CMS).
      If you are connecting to a CMS that belongs to a different network domain, make sure the hosts file located at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc has the corresponding host name entry (for example, x.x.x.x<NameOfMachineHostingCMS>).
    2. Enter the CMS user name, password, and authentication type.
    3. To use Windows AD authentication to connect to the CMS, append the following entries in theSAPLumira.ini file, located at <LumiraInstallDir>\SAPLumira\Desktop:
      -Djava.security.auth.login.config=<Path_to_bscLogin>\bscLogin.conf
      -Djava.security.krb5.conf=<Path_to_kbr5>\krb5.ini
      
      -Djava.security.auth.login.config=C:\Windows\bscLogin.conf
      -Djava.security.krb5.conf=C:\Windows\krb5.ini
      
    4. Select Connect.
    A list of universes available in the CMS appears.
  4. Choose a universe, and select Select.
  5. Choose the required objects in the universe tree, and select Acquire.
    Before acquiring data, you can preview the data and apply filters by selecting the Preview and Select Data option. If a query contains contexts or prompts, you must respond to them before data can be acquired. When creating a query, you can set the following query properties:
    • Max Rows Retrieved: The maximum number of rows to be retrieved by the query.
    • Max Retrieval Time: The maximum amount of time a query can run (in seconds).
    • Retrieve Duplicate Rows: Select to retrieve duplicate rows.
The Visualize room opens, and you can start building charts and analyzing the data. If you want to modify a dataset first, switch to the Prepare room.