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ThoughtSpot (via Collector method) - v3.0.2

About Collectors

Collector Method

Collectors are extractors that are developed and managed by you (A customer of K).

KADA provides python libraries that customers can use to quickly deploy a Collector.

Why you should use a Collector

There are several reasons why you may use a collector vs the direct connect extractor:

  1. You are using the KADA SaaS offering and it cannot connect to your sources due to firewall restrictions

  2. You want to push metadata to KADA rather than allow it pull data for Security reasons

  3. You want to inspect the metadata before pushing it to K

Using a collector requires you to manage

  1. Deploying and orchestrating the extract code

  2. Managing a high water mark so the extract only pull the latest metadata

  3. Storing and pushing the extracts to your K instance.


Pre-requisites

  • Python 3.8 - 3.11

  • Access to K landing directory

  • Access to ThoughtSpot

  • Local User Permissions

    • Local user must be authenticated with Username and Password not SSO

    • Access to the following v1 APIs

      • tspublic/v1/metadata/list

      • tspublic/v1/metadata/details

      • tspublic/v1/session/orgs

      • tspublic/v1/session/org

      • tspublic/v1/session/login

This collector is a metadata only collector and no usage information can be extracted at this stage. Ensure that the meta_only property value is set to true.


Step 1: Create the Source in K

Create an ThoughtSpot source in K

  • Go to Settings, Select Sources and click Add Source

  • Select “Load from File system” option

  • Give the source a Name - e.g. ThoughtSpot Production

  • Add the Host name for the ThoughtSpot Server

  • Click Finish Setup


Step 3: Getting Access to the Source Landing Directory

Collector Method

When using a Collector you will push metadata to a K landing directory.

To find your landing directory you will need to

  1. Go to Platform Settings - Settings. Note down the value of this setting

    1. If using Azure: storage_azure_storage_account

    2. if using AWS:

      1. storage_root_folder - the AWS s3 bucket

      2. storage_aws_region - the region where the AWS s3 bucket is hosted

  2. Go to Sources - Edit the Source you have configured. Note down the landing directory in the About this Source section

To connect to the landing directory you will need

  • If using Azure: a SAS token to push data to the landing directory. Request this from KADA Support (support@kada.ai)

  • if using AWS:

    • an Access key and Secret. Request this from KADA Support (support@kada.ai)

    • OR provide your IAM role to KADA Support to provision access.


Step 4: Install the Collector

It is recommended to use a python environment such as pyenv or pipenv if you are not intending to install this package at the system level.

Some python packages also have dependencies on the OS level packages, so you may be required to install additional OS packages if the below fails to install.

You can download the latest Core Library and ThoughtSpot whl via Platform Settings → SourcesDownload Collectors

Run the following command to install the collector

CODE
pip install kada_collectors_extractors_thoughtspot-3.0.2-py3-none-any.whl

You will also need to install the common library kada_collectors_lib for this collector to function properly.

CODE
pip install kada_collectors_lib-1.1.1-py3-none-any.whl

Step 5: Configure the Collector

The collector requires a set of parameters to connect to and extract metadata from ThoughtSpot

FIELD

FIELD TYPE

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLE

username

string

Username to log into the Thoughtspot account

“myuser”

password

string

Password to log into the Thoughtspot account

 

org_ids

list<integer>

A list of organisation ids you wish to extract from

If you are unable to locate the Organisation ID through the Admin console, you may use this python script instead to list the IDs

CODE
import requests
import json
BASE_URL = 'REPLACE BASE URL' # e.g. https://kada.thoughtspot.cloud
LOGIN_URL = BASE_URL + '/callosum/v1/tspublic/v1/session/login'  
ORG_URL = BASE_URL + '/callosum/v1/tspublic/v1/session/orgs'  
data = {
    'username': "REPLACE USERNAME",
    'password': "REPLACE PASSWORD"
}
with requests.Session() as session:
    session.post(LOGIN_URL, verify=True, data=data)

    res = session.get(ORG_URL, verify=True)
    res_json = json.loads(res.text)
    for org in res_json.get('orgs', []):
        print("Org Name: {}, Org Id: {}".format(org['orgName'], org['orgId']))

[123, 34]

output_path

string

Absolute path to the output location where files are to be written

“/tmp/output”

mask

boolean

To enable masking or not

true

timeout

integer

Timeout in seconds allowed against the powerbi APIs, for slower connections we recommend 30, default is 20

20

mapping

JSON

Mapping file of data source names against the onboarded host and database name in K

Assuming I have a “myDSN” data source name in powerbi, I’ll map it to host “myhost” and database “mydatabase” onboarded in K, snowflake type references are handled automatically

CODE
{
        "myDSN": {
            "host": "myhost",
            "database": "mydatabase"
        }
    }

compress

boolean

To gzip the output or not

true

meta_only

true

To only extract metadata or not. Only true is supported for this source

true

base_api_url

string

The base URL for the API

https://kada.thoughtspot.cloud

These parameters can be added directly into the run or you can use pass the parameters in via a JSON file. The following is an example you can use that is included in the example run code below.

kada_thoughtspot_extractor_config.json

CODE
{
    "username": "",
    "password": "",
    "org_ids": [],
    "output_path": "/tmp/output",
    "timeout": 20,
    "mapping": {},
    "compress": true,
    "meta_only": true,
    "base_api_url": "https://sample.thoughtspot.cloud"
}

Step 6: Run the Collector

The following code is an example of how to run the extractor. You may need to uplift this code to meet any code standards at your organisation.

This can be executed in any python environment where the whl has been installed. It will produce and read a high water mark file from the same directory as the execution called thoughtspot_hwm.txt and produce files according to the configuration JSON.

This is the wrapper script: kada_thoughtspot_extractor.py

CODE
import os
import argparse
from kada_collectors.extractors.utils import load_config, get_hwm, publish_hwm, get_generic_logger
from kada_collectors.extractors.thoughtspot import Extractor

get_generic_logger('root') # Set to use the root logger, you can change the context accordingly or define your own logger

_type = 'thoughtspot'
dirname = os.path.dirname(__file__)
filename = os.path.join(dirname, 'kada_{}_extractor_config.json'.format(_type))

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='KADA Thoughtspot Extractor.')
parser.add_argument('--config', '-c', dest='config', default=filename, help='Location of the configuration json, default is the config json in the same directory as the script.')
parser.add_argument('--name', '-n', dest='name', default=_type, help='Name of the collector instance.')
args = parser.parse_args()

start_hwm, end_hwm = get_hwm(args.name)

ext = Extractor(**load_config(args.config))
ext.test_connection()
ext.run(**{"start_hwm": start_hwm, "end_hwm": end_hwm})

publish_hwm(_type, end_hwm)

 

Advance options:

If you wish to maintain your own high water mark files elsewhere you can use the above section’s script as a guide on how to call the extractor. The configuration file is simply the keyword arguments in JSON format. Refer to this document for more information Collector Integration General Notes | Storing-HWM-in-another-location

If you are handling external arguments of the runner yourself, you’ll need to consider additional items for the run method. Refer to this document for more information Collector Integration General Notes | The-run-method

CODE
from kada_collectors.extractors.thoughtspot import Extractor

kwargs = {my args} # However you choose to construct your args
hwm_kwrgs = {"start_hwm": "end_hwm": } # The hwm values

ext = Extractor(**kwargs)
ext.run(**hwm_kwrgs)

CODE
class Extractor(username: str = None,
    password: str = None,
    org_ids: list = [],
    mapping: dict = {},
    timeout: int = 10,
    output_path: str = './output',
    mask: bool = False,
    compress: bool = False,
    meta_only: bool = True,
    base_api_url: str = ''
) -> None

username: Thoughtspot username.
password: Thoughtspot password.
org_ids: List of organisation ids that should be extracted, should be a numeric ID.
mapping: Dict of project ids to corresponding database hosts
timeout: Timeout for the API call
output_path: full or relative path to where the outputs should go
mask: To mask the META/DATABASE_LOG files or not
compress: To gzip output files or not
meta_only: To extract metadata only or not
base_api_url: The base API URL for thoughtspot


Step 7: Check the Collector Outputs

K Extracts

A set of files (eg metadata, databaselog, linkages, events etc) will be generated. These files will appear in the output_path directory you set in the configuration details

High Water Mark File

A high water mark file is created in the same directory as the execution called thoughtspot_hwm.txt and produce files according to the configuration JSON. This file is only produced if you call the publish_hwm method.

If you want prefer file managed hwm, you can edit the location of the hwn by following these instructions Collector Integration General Notes | Storing-High-Water-Marks-(HWM)


Step 8: Push the Extracts to K

Once the files have been validated, you can push the files to the K landing directory.

You can use Azure Storage Explorer if you want to initially do this manually. You can push the files using python as well (see Airflow example below)


Example: Using Airflow to orchestrate the Extract and Push to K

Collector Method

The following example is how you can orchestrate the Tableau collector using Airflow and push the files to K hosted on Azure. The code is not expected to be used as-is but as a template for your own DAG.

PY
# built-in
import os

# Installed
from airflow.operators.python_operator import PythonOperator
from airflow.models.dag import DAG
from airflow.operators.dummy import DummyOperator
from airflow.utils.dates import days_ago
from airflow.utils.task_group import TaskGroup

from plugins.utils.azure_blob_storage import AzureBlobStorage

from kada_collectors.extractors.utils import load_config, get_hwm, publish_hwm, get_generic_logger
from kada_collectors.extractors.tableau import Extractor

# To be configed by the customer.
# Note variables may change if using a different object store.
KADA_SAS_TOKEN = os.getenv("KADA_SAS_TOKEN")
KADA_CONTAINER = ""
KADA_STORAGE_ACCOUNT = ""
KADA_LANDING_PATH = "lz/tableau/landing"
KADA_EXTRACTOR_CONFIG = {
    "server_address": "http://tabserver",
    "username": "user",
    "password": "password",
    "sites": [],
    "db_host": "tabserver",
    "db_username": "repo_user",
    "db_password": "repo_password",
    "db_port": 8060,
    "db_name": "workgroup",
    "meta_only": False,
    "retries": 5,
    "dry_run": False,
    "output_path": "/set/to/output/path",
    "mask": True,
    "mapping": {}
}

# To be implemented by the customer. 
# Upload to your landing zone storage.
# Change '.csv' to '.csv.gz' if you set compress = true in the config
def upload():
  output = KADA_EXTRACTOR_CONFIG['output_path']
  for filename in os.listdir(output):
      if filename.endswith('.csv'):
        file_to_upload_path = os.path.join(output, filename)

        AzureBlobStorage.upload_file_sas_token(
            client=KADA_SAS_TOKEN,
            storage_account=KADA_STORAGE_ACCOUNT,
            container=KADA_CONTAINER, 
            blob=f'{KADA_LANDING_PATH}/{filename}', 
            local_path=file_to_upload_path
        )

with DAG(dag_id="taskgroup_example", start_date=days_ago(1)) as dag:
  
    # To be implemented by the customer.
    # Retrieve the timestamp from the prior run
    start_hwm = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:SS'
    end_hwm = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:SS' # timestamp now
    
    ext = Extractor(**KADA_EXTRACTOR_CONFIG)
    
    start = DummyOperator(task_id="start")

    with TaskGroup("taskgroup_1", tooltip="extract tableau and upload") as extract_upload:
        task_1 = PythonOperator(
            task_id="extract_tableau",
            python_callable=ext.run, 
            op_kwargs={"start_hwm": start_hwm, "end_hwm": end_hwm},
            provide_context=True,
        )
        
        task_2 = PythonOperator(
            task_id="upload_extracts",
            python_callable=upload, 
            op_kwargs={},
            provide_context=True,
        )

        # To be implemented by the customer. 
        # Timestamp needs to be saved for next run
        task_3 = DummyOperator(task_id='save_hwm') 

    end = DummyOperator(task_id='end')

    start >> extract_upload >> end

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