https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/Installing-DB-Connect-on-SH/m-p/620297#M12079 <P><SPAN>I am you planning&nbsp;to use DB Connect for a data enrichment (I want to create a lookup using dbxquery for a dymanic dataset that needs to be constantly updated to use at search time). We already have DB Connect on our HFs, but for the input of data from DBs. I want to install DBconnect on our search head just for the purpose of data enrichment of this one lookup table.&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P>I have seen a couple answers online about how this could/would work and that it is fine just as long as it is for data enrichment, but I was hoping for a little more guidance or advice on people's thoughts related to this. I have thought about external lookups and onboarding the data, but this just seems like the easiest and most streamlined way to do this.&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks in advance!&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Wed, 09 Nov 2022 14:53:50 GMT tnyinzer 2022-11-09T14:53:50Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/Installing-DB-Connect-on-SH/m-p/620297#M12079 <P><SPAN>I am you planning&nbsp;to use DB Connect for a data enrichment (I want to create a lookup using dbxquery for a dymanic dataset that needs to be constantly updated to use at search time). We already have DB Connect on our HFs, but for the input of data from DBs. I want to install DBconnect on our search head just for the purpose of data enrichment of this one lookup table.&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P>I have seen a couple answers online about how this could/would work and that it is fine just as long as it is for data enrichment, but I was hoping for a little more guidance or advice on people's thoughts related to this. I have thought about external lookups and onboarding the data, but this just seems like the easiest and most streamlined way to do this.&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks in advance!&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Wed, 09 Nov 2022 14:53:50 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/Installing-DB-Connect-on-SH/m-p/620297#M12079 tnyinzer 2022-11-09T14:53:50Z