IP Lookup Data Connector

Introduction:

This article will explain how to make a REST API connection to IP Geolocation in order to retrieve information about IP addresses.

This connector will select IP addresses from data in your ElastiCube and provide a new table with data such as Continent, Country Name, State, City, Lat, Long and Country Flag.

Purpose/Benefits:

IP addresses can provide insightful data that you can visualization in Sisense. An example would be a marketing companies tracking where users are coming from in order to better serve customers.

How to Install and Configure the IP Lookup Connector:

Step 1:

Download the Connector and unzip the contents into your C:\Program Files\Sisense\DataConnectors\DotNetContainer\Connectors folder.

*You may need to move your Rest dll file into the connector (replace the current one) - you can do this by going to C:\Program Files\Sisense\DataConnectors\DotNetContainer\Rest and copying the .dll to the IPLookup Connector

Step 2:

Restart the Sisense.Discovery and Sisense.CLRConnectorsContainer services on the Sisense machine

Step 3:

Configure the driver with your Sisense instance and IP Geolocation API Key

Get your Sisense Auth Key from /authentication/login