How do I connect to a data source

Emac4444

<p>Hello,</p>
<p>Am new to acuate birt (OpenText iHub). I have installed and its running everything seem too empty I cant connect to data source. What do I do?</p>
<p>See screenshot</p>

micajblock

<p>This is an old blog from a discontinued product but the methodology is the same (just ignore the word F-Type everywhere and you will be OK). </p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://blogs.opentext.com/introducing-birt-ihub-f-type-connecting-to-data-and-creating-a-design/'>http://blogs.opentext.com/introducing-birt-ihub-f-type-connecting-to-data-and-creating-a-design/</a></p&gt;
<p> </p>
<p>In order to create content in the iHub you first need to create a data object. Here are some resources:</p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://blogs.opentext.com/birt-data-objects-more-than-meets-the-eye/'>http://blogs.opentext.com/birt-data-objects-more-than-meets-the-eye/</a></p&gt;
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://developer.actuate.com/be/documentation/ihub31-dev/DAG/index.html#page/DAG/part3.html#'&gt;http://developer.actuate.com/be/documentation/ihub31-dev/DAG/index.html#page/DAG/part3.html#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;