Connections

A KX Control connection is a link to a running kdb+ server.

Managing connections with KX Control substitutes UI controls for use of the command line.

Connections

Find connections from the Navigation panel, or by opening the Connection Viewer:

To view a connection either double-click on its name in the Navigation Panel, or in the Connection Viewer. Or summon the Connection Editor by picking Edit from its context menu.

Connection editor

The editor has three tabs.

Connection Details

Specify user name, password, database type, host, port, TLS enabled; user name and password can be left blank unless the connection is subject to access controls

Entitlements

Assign users or user groups, and their access to the connection

Revision History

Version details of the connection

Connection menu

The Connection menu is available as a context menu for connections in the Connection Viewer, or in the Navigation panel.

item	action
Edit	Open the Connection Editor
Delete	Delete the connection
Duplicate	Create a duplicate of the connection
Copy Name	Copies the name of the connection to the Clipboard
View Revision History	List version details

Connection groups

Connections can be grouped to specify their common settings for resilience, failover and load balancing. Using groups to manage connectivity helps prevent downtime.

Find connection groups from the Navigation panel, or by opening the Connection Group Viewer.

To view a connection group either double-click on its name in the Navigation Panel, or in the Connection Group Viewer. Or summon the Connection Group Editor by picking Edit from its context menu.

Connection group editor

The editor has three tabs.

Connection Group Contents

Assign connections to the group

Entitlements

Assign users or user groups to the connection group, and grant their access to it

Revision History

Version details of the group

Connection group menu

The Connection Group menu is available as a context menu for connection group in the Connection Group Viewer, or in the Navigation panel.

item	action
Edit	Open the Connection Group Editor
New Connection	Create a new connection
Delete	Delete the group
Duplicate	Creates a duplicate of the group
Copy Name	Copy the name of the group to the Clipboard
View Revision History	List version details for the group

Connection group types

There are four connection group types:

1. Default

   

2. Round Robin

   

3. Leader

   

4. Combined

   

For more information on these connection types, see request targets.

The screenshots below show how to set up a connection and select a connection type:

1. Set up a connection:

1. Select connection tpye:

How to set up analytics / aggregrations to your connection

For example, using the combined connection above, the primary process is ds_rte_fx_eval_vwap. Navigate to this process and open its Analytics settings, as shown below:

In the analytics settings, ensure that your required analytics or analytic groups are configured and present.