Connecting to watsonx BI
The topic details the procedure to connect watsonx BI to Presto. The connection makes it easy for data scientists and data analysts to interact with the data in various connected data sources and derive insights from the data available in watsonx.data. IBM watsonx BI allows you to query and understand the data in a user friendly manner.
Pre-requisites
- Subscription to watsonx.data on IBM Cloud. Provision watsonx.data instance.
- Subscription to watsonx BI on IBM Cloud. Provision watsonx BI instance (any plan).
Procedure
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Log in to watsonx.data instance.
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From the navigation menu, select Configurations.
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Click the watsonx BI tile.
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If you already have the subscription of IBM watsonx BI, click Launch watsonx BI to launch the welcome page of IBM watsonx BI. Else, you are redirected to the IBM Cloud Catalog page. Provision IBM watsonx BI instance and try again.
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From the IBM watsonx BI welcome page, do the following setup:
a. Click Start setup.
b. Select the Cloud Object Storage that you want to use. The storages available in your watsonx.data instance are listed here.
c. Click Next. Select the language model that you want to use.
d. Click Next. Choose the sample data or Skip the step if you do not want to add a sample data.
e. Click Add members to invite others to join the account and explore watsonx BI. The Configuration and settings page opens. Click Add members. You can add users or groups. Search and add users or groups.
You can also do this later.
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Go to the Home page. The watsonx BI prompt window opens. You can start asking questions to retrieve insights from the data.
For more information about connecting from watsonx BI, see Connecting to watsonx.data from watsonx BI.