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MySQL data types

The following table shows the MySQL source data types that are supported when using Qlik Compose and the default mapping to Qlik Compose data types.

For information on how to view the data type that is mapped in the data warehouse, see the section for the data warehouse database you are using.

Data type mappings

MySQL data types

Qlik Compose data types

BIGINT

Bigint

binary

BYTE

bit

bigint

char

Varchar

date

Date

datetime

Date

DECIMAL

Decimal

double

Decimal(38,12)

ENUM('x-small', 'small', 'medium', 'large', 'x-large')

Varchar(7)

FLOAT

Decimal(38,12)

int

integer

MEDIUMINT

integer

MEDIUMTEXT

Varchar(16777215)

nchar(36)

Varchar(36)

NUMERIC

Decimal

REAL

Decimal(38,12)

set('a','b','c','d')

Varchar(7)

SMALLINT

integer

TEXT

Varchar(65535)

time

Date

timestamp

Date

TINYINT

integer

TINYTEXT

Varchar(255)

year

integer

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