Create queries from an external datamodel?

[Etxezarreta]

Hello all,
I was asked to analyse some data that are in a MariaDB database. I firstly used Powerpivot but as the data model is quite complicated, I wonder if I can use the Access query maker instead (I cant use queries from the MariaDB database). So I have just tried: I created linked-tables into a blank Access DB thanks to an ODBC connection. My problem is that I can't see the connections, FK and PKs in the Access connection's viewer (the relations were created in the MariaDB database).
Could someone give me a piece of advice please?
Many thanks in advance!
Etxe.

 

[Ranman256]

if you can make queries, then you should be good.
You dont have to see the relationships. I never get them for my db.
As long as you know what field to join to what.

 

[MajP]

I am just guessing here since I have no knowledge of MariaDB. According to this you can make a backup of the db.

Making Backups with mariadb-dump

Tutorial article on how to make back-ups with mariadb-dump.

mariadb.com

According to this you will see each create table query and I would assume that would have the needed primary, foreign, and indices, constraints identified in the create or alter table queries.

 

[Etxezarreta]

Hello,
I just found a way to make it:
- to visualise the datamodel, I charged the MaraDB tables into Powerpivot: there is a datamodel viewer tool:

- then in Access, in the querymaker section, you can create "temporary" links between fields, this is just fantastic (it must have some limitation though, but so far it works like a swiss clock) -> you link the fields like in the Powerpivot datamodel you can visualize in the same time
and you run your queries