Remote File
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1. Go to the Resources page and click the Add Resource button.
2. In the "Select a data source" step, select Remote File.
3. In the "Configure the data source" step, enter the credentials:
Note: remember to add Acho's IP address, 35.239.14.244, to your whitelist before starting the connection.
This is an example of SFTP:
Resource Name: the displayed name of the data file on Acho.
Dataset Name: the dataset name in your SFTP server.
File Format: Acho only supports CSV files for now.
Host: the host of the SFTP server.
Port: the port of the SFTP server.
User: the user name of the SFTP server.
Password: the password of the SFTP server.
URL (Path): the URL to access the file in the SFTP server.
4. In the "Select the tables", choose tables that you want to import.
Acho supports creating schedulers to retrieve the latest data from your database at a certain time interval. To see more details, you can visit here.
5. Click Finish Setup. You will see a icon next to your resource. It may take a few minutes to several hours depending on the data size and the number of your tables. Once your APP's data is ready, you will receive a notification email.
