Manage data in foreign databases
Hi experts,
I am very new to both Laravel and Filament, so maybe my question might be silly, but I did not yet find the answer, nor do I know how to quickly find out myself.
So it would be very helpful if you guys could answer my question. I guess that this an absolute "no-brainer" for everyone with some experience in Filament an/or Laravel.
I know that there is a database for Filament where various information is stored, beginning with the migrations or the user accounts and also all the models I create and where I add add manipulate data using Filament.
In my usage scenario, I also have this default database where migrations and user accounts for Filament are stored. But there's also another database, currently not related with my application at all.
This database belongs to a completely different software.
But I would like to use Filament to manipulate data in that database, i.e. have different databases for the app (user accounts, migrations, "own" models of the app) and for the data to be manipulated.
Is such a scenario possible with Filament?
Best
Tom
I am very new to both Laravel and Filament, so maybe my question might be silly, but I did not yet find the answer, nor do I know how to quickly find out myself.
So it would be very helpful if you guys could answer my question. I guess that this an absolute "no-brainer" for everyone with some experience in Filament an/or Laravel.
I know that there is a database for Filament where various information is stored, beginning with the migrations or the user accounts and also all the models I create and where I add add manipulate data using Filament.
In my usage scenario, I also have this default database where migrations and user accounts for Filament are stored. But there's also another database, currently not related with my application at all.
This database belongs to a completely different software.
But I would like to use Filament to manipulate data in that database, i.e. have different databases for the app (user accounts, migrations, "own" models of the app) and for the data to be manipulated.
Is such a scenario possible with Filament?
Best
Tom
Solution
Hmm. Might still be possible. Filament just defaults to Laravel’s eloquent orm. So if it’s possible at that level, Filament can still use it. The other option would be using the Sushi package if the remote dbs have an api integration. But it sounds like you need to look into making it work with Laravel first. If it works at that level it will work with Filament.
