Documentation Experience Platform Source Connectors Guide

Connect MySQL to Experience Platform using the UI

Last update: May 20, 2025

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Read this guide to learn how to connect your MySQL database to Adobe Experience Platform using the sources workspace in the Experience Platform user interface.

Getting started

This tutorial requires a working understanding of the following components of Adobe Experience Platform:

Experience Data Model (XDM) System: The standardized framework by which Experience Platform organizes customer experience data.
- Basics of schema composition: Learn about the basic building blocks of XDM schemas, including key principles and best practices in schema composition.
- Schema Editor tutorial: Learn how to create custom schemas using the Schema Editor UI.
Real-Time Customer Profile: Provides a unified, real-time consumer profile based on aggregated data from multiple sources.

If you already have a MySQL connection, you may skip the remainder of this document and proceed to the tutorial on configuring a dataflow.

Gather required credentials

Read the MySQL overview for information on authentication.

Navigate the sources catalog

In the Experience Platform UI, select Sources from the left navigation to access the Sources workspace. Choose a category or use the search bar to find your source.

To connect to MySQL, go to the Databases category, select the MySQL source card, and then select Set up.

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Sources in the sources catalog display the Set up option when a given source does not yet have an authenticated account. Once an authenticated account is created, this option changes to Add data.

The sources catalog with the MySQL source card selected.

Use an existing account

To use an existing account, select Existing account and then select the MySQL account that you want to use.

The existing accounts interface in the sources workflow with "Existing account" selected.

Create a new account

To create a new account, select New account and then provide a name and optionally add a description for your account.

The new account interface in the sources workflow with an account name and optional description provided.

Connect to Experience Platform on Azure

You can connect your MySQL database to Experience Platform on Azure using either account key or basic authentication.

Account key authentication

To use account key authentication, select Account key authentication, provide your connection string, and then select Connect to source.

The new account interface in the sources workflow with "Account key authentication" selected.

Basic authentication

To use basic authentication, select Basic authentication, provide values for your authentication credentials, and then select Connect to source.

The new account interface in the sources workflow with "Basic authentication" selected.

Connect to Experience Platform on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AVAILABILITY

This section applies to implementations of Experience Platform running on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Experience Platform running on AWS is currently available to a limited number of customers. To learn more about the supported Experience Platform infrastructure, see the Experience Platform multi-cloud overview.

To create a new MySQL account and connect to Experience Platform on AWS, ensure that you are in a VA6 sandbox and then provide the necessary credentials for authentication.

The new account interface in the sources workflow to connect to AWS.

Create a dataflow for MySQL data

Now that you have successfully connected your MySQL database, you can now create a dataflow and ingest data from your database into Experience Platform.