Connect to the database
Connecting to your Ultimo cloud database
Testing the database connection
After creating the database user with use of the previous manual, an email with the connection information, consisting of the server name, database name, and username, is sent to the email address you used in the creation of the database user.
SSMS
Open a new connection by clicking on connect in the Object Explorer.
Fill in the server, login and password when you received an SQL Server account.
Or when you received an account with AD fill in the server name and user name:
Before connecting, click on the Options >> button and fill in the database.
Now click on Connect and see if the connection can be made.
ODBC
Go to the System DSN tab and click on Add…
Select the ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server and Finish
Fill in a name and the provided server name:
Select SQL Server Authentication and fill in the username and password.
Check the Change the default database to box and fill in the database name in the next screen.
Continue by clicking Next and Finish. Test the database source and you are good to go!
Firewall
In some environments, the firewall on your network needs to be configured too. In the BI connection to your Azure database, a static IP address is not possible. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connectivity-architecture
The best way is to allow (whitelist) the IP addresses and ranges for your region as described below.
Development, Test and/or Acceptance environments
Australia
UltimoProductionAUS.Database.Windows.Net
13.75.149.87
40.79.161.1
13.70.112.9
13.70.112.32/29
40.79.160.32/29
40.79.168.32/29
20.53.46.128/27
Europe
UltimoProductionCloud.Database.Windows.Net UltimoProductionEurope.Database.Windows.Net UltimoProduction2Europe.Database.Windows.Net
104.40.168.105
52.236.184.163
104.40.169.32/29
13.69.112.168/29
52.236.184.32/29
20.61.99.192/27
Germany
UltimoProductionGermany.Database.Windows.Net
51.116.240.0
51.116.248.0
51.116.152.0
51.116.152.32/29
51.116.240.32/29
51.116.248.32/29
51.116.149.32/27
India
UltimoProductionIndia.Database.Windows.Net
104.211.96.159
104.211.86.30
104.211.86.31
40.80.48.32
20.192.96.32
104.211.86.32/29,
20.192.96.32/29
40.80.48.32/29
20.192.43.160/29
Sweden
UltimoProductionSweden.Database.Windows.Net
51.12.224.32/29
51.12.232.32/29
United Kingdom
UltimoProductionUK.Database.Windows.Net
51.140.184.11
51.105.64.0
51.140.144.36
51.105.72.32
51.105.64.32/29
51.105.72.32/29
51.140.144.32/29
51.143.209.224/27
USA
UltimoProductionEastUS.Database.Windows.Net
40.121.158.30
40.79.153.12
40.78.225.32
20.42.65.64/29
20.42.73.0/29
52.168.116.64/29
20.62.132.160/29
Production environment
Australia
UltimoProductionAUSFailover.Database.Windows.Net
13.73.109.251
13.77.48.10
13.77.49.32
13.77.49.32/29
104.46.179.160/27
Europe
UltimoProductionCloudFailover.Database.Windows.Net UltimoProductionEuropeFailover.Database.Windows.Net UltimoProduction2EuropeFailover.Database.Windows.Net
52.138.224.1
13.74.104.113
13.69.233.136/29
13.74.105.192/29
52.138.229.72/29
52.146.133.128/27
Germany
UltimoProductionGermanyFailover.Database.Windows.Net
51.116.56.0
51.116.57.32/29
51.116.54.96/27
India
UltimoProductionIndiaFailover.Database.Windows.Net
104.211.224.146
40.78.192.32/29
40.78.193.32/29
52.172.113.96/27
Sweden
UltimoProductionSwedenFailover.Database.Windows.Net
51.12.200.32/29
51.12.201.32/29
United Kingdom
UltimoProductionUKFailover.Database.Windows.Net
51.141.8.11
51.140.208.96
51.140.208.97
51.140.208.96/29
51.140.209.32/29
20.58.66.128/27
USA
UltimoProductionEastUSFailover.Database.Windows.Net
104.42.238.205
13.86.216.196
13.86.217.224/29
20.168.163.192/29
20.66.3.64/27
Security
Port 1433 needs to be allowed for all environments. If you want to use DAC, ports 1434 and 14000 – 14999 need to be allowed too. For more information on DAC, read this page.
If for some reason IP adresses and ranges are a problem, the alternative is to allow the DNS name(s) instead.
Ultimo uses for the connection TLS (Transport Layer Security) 1.2, the highest available level under Azure. For more information regarding TLS you can read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security
How to connect Power BI to the Ultimo database
Add the Power BI IP address(es) to the whitelist of your Ultimo database if you want the reports to be published to app.powerbi.com:
https://developer.ultimo.net/connectors/bi-platform/create-database-user
Open Power BI Desktop and at the popup window select Get data
Select Database and SQL Server database.
Press Connect.
Fill in the server and database as provided in the Ultimo portal. Press Ok.
Select the Database tab. Fill in the provided user name and password. Select at Select which level to apply these settings to the second option containing the server and database name. Press Connect.
The navigator is opened and you can start creating reports.
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