How to Access Live ActiveCampaign Data in Power Automate Desktop via ODBC



The CData ODBC Driver for ActiveCampaign enables you to integrate ActiveCampaign data into workflows built using Microsoft Power Automate Desktop.

The CData ODBC Driver for ActiveCampaign enables you to access live ActiveCampaign data in workflow automation tools like Power Automate. This article shows how to integrate ActiveCampaign data into a simple workflow, moving ActiveCampaign data into a CSV file.

Through optimized data processing, CData ODBC Drivers offer unmatched performance for interacting with live ActiveCampaign data in Microsoft Power Automate. When you issue complex SQL queries from Power Automate to ActiveCampaign, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to ActiveCampaign and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (e.g. SQL functions and JOIN operations).

Connect to ActiveCampaign as an ODBC Data Source

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

ActiveCampaign supports authenticating with the API Key. To connect to ActiveCampaign, set the following:

  • URL: This can be found in your account on the My Settings page under the Developer tab. For example: https://{yourAccountName}.api-us1.com
  • APIKey: This can be found in your account on the Settings page under the Developer tab. Each user in your ActiveCampaign account has their own unique API key.

When you configure the DSN, you may also want to set the Max Rows connection property. This will limit the number of rows returned, which is especially helpful for improving performance when designing workflows.

Integrate ActiveCampaign Data into Power Automate Workflows

After configuring the DSN for ActiveCampaign, you are ready to integrate ActiveCampaign data into your Power Automate workflows. Open Microsoft Power Automate, add a new flow, and name the flow.

In the flow editor, you can add the actions to connect to ActiveCampaign, query ActiveCampaign using SQL, and write the query results to a CSV document.

Add an Open SQL Connection Action

Add an "Open SQL connection" action (Actions -> Database) and configure the properties.

  • Connection string: DSN=CData ActiveCampaign Source

After configuring the action, click Save.

Add an Execute SQL Statement Action

Add an "Execute SQL statement" action (Actions -> Database) and configure the properties.

  • Get connection by: SQL connection variable
  • SQL connection: %SQLConnection% (the variable from the "Open SQL connection" action above)
  • SQL statement: SELECT * FROM Contacts

After configuring the action, click Save.

Add a Write to CSV File Action

Add a "Write to CSV file" action (Actions -> File) and configure the properties.

  • Variable to write to: %QueryResult% (the variable from the "Execute SQL statement" action above)
  • File path: set to a file on disk
  • Configure Advanced settings as needed.

After configuring the action, click Save.

Add a Close SQL Connection Action

Add a "Close SQL connection" action (Actions -> Database) and configure the properties.

  • SQL Connection: %SQLConnection% (the variable from the "Open SQL connection" action above)

After configuring the action, click Save.

Save & Run the Flow

Once you have configured all the actions for the flow, click the disk icon to save the flow. Click the play icon to run the flow.

Now you have a workflow to move ActiveCampaign data into a CSV file.

With the CData ODBC Driver for ActiveCampaign, you get live connectivity to ActiveCampaign data within your Microsoft Power Automate workflows.

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The ActiveCampaign ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live ActiveCampaign account data, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access ActiveCampaign data like you would a database - read, write, and update Accounts, Contacts, Deals etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.