How to connect to TIBCO Data Virtualization (TDV) repository via pgAdmin/ DBVisualizer?

How to connect to TIBCO Data Virtualization (TDV) repository via pgAdmin/ DBVisualizer?

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Article ID: KB0071779

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Products Versions
TIBCO Data Virtualization 8.4.x,8.5.x,8.6.x

Description

In this article, we will discuss the process of connecting TDV repository from pgAdmin or DBVisualizer using the root user.
Note: It is not recommended to make any changes to the TDV repository database. Any changes that are made to the repo database can render the application unusable. 

Issue/Introduction

How to connect to TIBCO Data Virtualization repository via pgAdmin/ DBvisualizer?

Environment

Windows

Resolution

  1. Create a new server in pgAdmin and enter the below details according to your deployment.
    • Hostname
    • Port
    • Database
    • Username and password: we can use the "root" username and our repo password here.
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  • Connect to the created server and then we can introspect TDV repo as "cisrepo" (refer to the below screenshot).
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We can get the details from the example data sources present in TDV studio (refer to the below screenshot).

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The above steps can be followed if you're using other JDBC client tools such as DBVisualizer.