Create an SAP BusinessObjects Universe on the CData JDBC Driver for Backlog

This article shows how to use the CData JDBC Driver for Backlog to connect to Backlog from SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence applications. You will use the Information Design Tool to analyze Backlog data and create a universe on the CData JDBC Driver for Backlog. You will then connect to the universe from Web Intelligence.

Create the JDBC Connection to Backlog

Follow the steps below to create a connection to the Backlog JDBC data source in the Information Design Tool.

1. Copy the CData JAR and .lic file into the following subfolder in the installation directory for BusinessObjects: dataAccess\connectionServer\jdbc\drivers\jdbc. The CData JAR is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
2. Right-click your project and click New -> New Relational Connection.
3. In the wizard that results, click Generic -> Generic JDBC datasource -> JDBC Drivers.
4. On the next page of the wizard enter the connection details.

5. On the next page, set the Authentication Mode option to "Use specified username and password". Enter the username, password, and JDBC URL. The JDBC URL begins with jdbc:backlog: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.

   Backlog への接続に使用できる認証方法は、API キーおよびOAuth の2つです。

   API キー認証

   ApiKey およびURL をログインクレデンシャルに設定します。 ApiKey を取得するには：

   1. Backlog の個人設定ページを開きます。
   2. 「API」セクションをクリックして、「メモ」にAPI キーについての説明を追加し、「登録」ボタンをクリックします。トークンが生成されます。
   3. ApiKey にAPI キーを指定します。
   4. URL はBacklog のテナントURL から取得できます。

   OAuth 認証

   ユーザー名やパスワードへのアクセスを保有していない場合や、それらを使いたくない場合にはOAuth ユーザー同意フローを使用します。認証方法については、ヘルプドキュメントを参照してください。

   A typical JDBC URL is below:

   jdbc:backlog:ApiKey=YOUR_API_KEY;Url=https://yourURL.backlog.com;
6. Enter the driver class: cdata.jdbc.backlog.BacklogDriver
7. Finish the wizard with the default values for connection pooling and custom parameters.

Analyze Backlog Data in the Information Design Tool

You can use the JDBC connection to analyze Backlog data in the Information Design Tool.

1. In the Local Projects view, double-click the connection (the .cnx file) to open the Backlog data source.
2. On the Show Values tab, you can load table data and enter SQL queries. To view table data, expand the node for the table, right-click the table, and click Show Values. Values will be displayed in the Raw Data tab.
3. On the Analysis tab, you can then analyze data by dragging and dropping columns onto the axes of a chart.

Publish the Local Connection

To publish the universe to the CMS, you additionally need to publish the connection.

1. In the Local Projects view, right-click the connection and click Publish Connection to a Repository.
2. Enter the host and port of the repository and connection credentials.
3. Select the folder where the connection will be published.
4. In the success dialog that results, click Yes to create a connection shortcut.

Create a Universe on the JDBC Driver for Backlog

You can follow the steps below to create a universe on the JDBC driver. The universe in this example will be published to a repository, so it uses the published connection created in the previous step.

1. In the Information Design Tool, click File->New Universe.
2. Select your project.
3. Select the option to create the universe on a relational data source.
4. Select the shortcut to the published connection.
5. Enter a name for the Data Foundation.
6. Import tables and columns that you want to access as objects.
7. Enter a name for the Business Layer.

Publish the Universe

You can follow the steps below to publish the universe to the CMS.

1. In the Local Projects view, right-click the business layer and click Publish -> To a Repository.
2. In the Publish Universe dialog, enter any integrity checks before importing.
3. Select or create a folder on the repository where the universe will be published.

Query Backlog Data in Web Intelligence

You can use the published universe to connect to Backlog in Web Intelligence.

1. Copy the cdata.jdbc.backlog.lic file to the following subfolder in the BusinessObjects installation directory: \dataAccess\connectionServer\jdbc\drivers\jdbc. The license file is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
2. Open Web Intelligence from the BusinessObjects launchpad and create a new document.
3. Select the Universe option for the data source.
4. Select the Backlog universe. This opens a Query Panel. Drag objects to the Result Objects pane to use them in the query.