Create an IBM watsonx.data Data Stream

Start the flow of data by creating a data stream for IBM watsonx.data. The data stream creates a data lake object (DLO) in Data Cloud that you can map to the Customer 360 Data Model to use across Data Cloud.

User Permissions Needed 
To create a connection:Data Cloud admin

Before you begin:

  • Make sure that the IBM watsonx.data connection is set up.

  1. In Data Cloud, on the Data Streams tab, click New.

  2. Under Other Sources, select the IBM watsonx.data connection source, and click Next.

  3. From the dropdown menus, select the connection and database to use.

  4. Under Schemas, select the schema to use.

  5. From the Available Objects, select the objects you want to include.

  6. Click Next.

You can't choose objects listed under In Use Objects.

  1. Enter the object name and object API name. For more information, see Data Lake Object Naming Standards.

  2. Select the category to specify the type of data to ingest. For more information, see Category.

  3. Select a primary key to uniquely identify the incoming records. For more information, see Primary Key.

  4. Select the source fields you want to ingest and click Next. Fields with convertible data types are listed under Supported Fields.

Fields whose data types are not supported in Data Cloud get listed under Unsupported Fields.
  1. Select the relevant data space. Choose Default for data space if you don’t have any other data space provisioned in your org. For more information, see Data Spaces.
  2. Click Deploy.