Fivetran is a fully managed data pipeline platform that simplifies ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes by automatically syncing data from multiple sources to your data warehouse.

Fivetran data in a service

This page shows you how to inject data from data sources managed by Fivetran into a Timescale Cloud service.

To follow the procedure on this page, you need to:

To be able to inject data into your Timescale Cloud service, set it as a destination in Fivetran:

Fivetran data destination

  1. In Fivetran Dashboard > Destinations, click Add destination.

  2. Search for the PostgreSQL connector and click Select. Add the destination name and click Add.

  3. In the PostgreSQL setup, add your Timescale Cloud service connection details, then click Save & Test.

    Fivetran validates the connection settings and sets up any security configurations.

  4. Click View Destination.

    The Destination Connection Details page opens.

In a real world scenario, you can select any of the over 600 connectors available in Fivetran to sync data with your Timescale Cloud service. This section shows you how to inject the logs for your Fivetran connections into your Timescale Cloud service.

Fivetran data source

  1. In Fivetran Dashboard > Connections, click Add connector.

  2. Search for the Fivetran Platform connector, then click Setup.

  3. Leave the default schema name, then click Save & Test.

    You see All connection tests passed!

  4. Click Continue, enable Add Quickstart Data Model and click Continue.

    Your Fivetran connection is connected to your Timescale Cloud service destination.

  5. Click Start Initial Sync.

    Fivetran creates the log schema in your service and syncs the data to your service.

To see data injected by Fivetran into your Timescale Cloud service:

  1. In data mode in Timescale Console, select your service, then run the following query:

    SELECT *
    FROM fivetran_log.account
    LIMIT 10;

    You see something like the following:

    Fivetran data in a service

You have successfully integrated Fivetran with Timescale Cloud.

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