Installing the Explore Analytics Agent

Introduction

The purpose of the Explore Analytics Agent is to provide data access to databases that reside in your private network and cannot be accessed directly from the outside. This page describes the process of installing an agent on a Windows computer. When the installation is completed, you can proceed to create a data source in Explore Analytics for your database using the newly installed agent.

Before you Begin the Installation

Select a computer to install the agent on. This can be any Windows computer for which you have local administrator access. Ideally, you'd want to select a computer that's always running and is physically secure, although for testing purposes you can certainly install the agent on your laptop computer, for example. The computer that you select must have connectivity to your database. In other words, you should test that you can connect to your database from your computer.