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Connecting to your source – Database Instances, Connections, and Logins

The MicroStrategy Database Instance is a Configuration Object, which logically represents a source database.

The following is a quick reference table for a MicroStrategy Database Instance:

Database Instances are directly associated with MicroStrategy Projects. Each Project should have at least one Database Instance (Primary Database Instance), but it can also be configured with the Multisource option to connect to multiple relational data sources.

It is through this object that MicroStrategy can read tables and columns, and consequently import logical Tables into the MicroStrategy ...

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