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Replicate Multiple Microsoft Dataverse Accounts
Replicate multiple Microsoft Dataverse accounts to one or many databases.
CData Sync for Microsoft Dataverse is a stand-alone application that provides solutions for a variety of replication scenarios such as replicating sandbox and production instances into your database. Both Sync for Windows and Sync for Java include a command-line interface (CLI) that makes it easy to manage multiple Microsoft Dataverse connections. In this article we show how to use the CLI to replicate multiple Microsoft Dataverse accounts.
Configure Microsoft Dataverse Connections
You can save connection and email notification settings in an XML configuration file. To replicate multiple Microsoft Dataverse accounts, use multiple configuration files. Below is an example configuration to replicate Microsoft Dataverse to SQLite:
Windows
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<CDataSync>
<DatabaseType>SQLite</DatabaseType>
<DatabaseProvider>System.Data.SQLite</DatabaseProvider>
<ConnectionString>OrganizationUrl=https://myaccount.crm.dynamics.com/</ConnectionString>
<ReplicateAll>False</ReplicateAll>
<NotificationUserName></NotificationUserName>
<DatabaseConnectionString>Data Source=C:\my.db</DatabaseConnectionString>
<TaskSchedulerStartTime>09:51</TaskSchedulerStartTime>
<TaskSchedulerInterval>Never</TaskSchedulerInterval>
</CDataSync>
Java
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<CDataSync>
<DatabaseType>SQLite</DatabaseType>
<DatabaseProvider>org.sqlite.JDBC</DatabaseProvider>
<ConnectionString>OrganizationUrl=https://myaccount.crm.dynamics.com/</ConnectionString>
<ReplicateAll>False</ReplicateAll>
<NotificationUserName></NotificationUserName>
<DatabaseConnectionString>Data Source=C:\my.db</DatabaseConnectionString>
</CDataSync>
You can connect without setting any connection properties for your user credentials. Below are the minimum connection properties required to connect.
- InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting the OAuthAccessToken.
- OrganizationUrl: Set this to the organization URL you are connecting to, such as https://myorganization.crm.dynamics.com.
- Tenant (optional): Set this if you wish to authenticate to a different tenant than your default. This is required to work with an organization not on your default Tenant.
When you connect the Common Data Service OAuth endpoint opens in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions. The OAuth process completes automatically.
Configure Queries for Each Microsoft Dataverse Instance
Sync enables you to control replication with standard SQL. The REPLICATE statement is a high-level command that caches and maintains a table in your database. You can define any SELECT query supported by the Microsoft Dataverse API. The statement below caches and incrementally updates a table of Microsoft Dataverse data:
REPLICATE Accounts;
You can specify a file containing the replication queries you want to use to update a particular database. Separate replication statements with semicolons. The following options are useful if you are replicating multiple Microsoft Dataverse accounts into the same database:
You can use a different table prefix in the REPLICATE SELECT statement:
REPLICATE PROD_Accounts SELECT * FROM Accounts
Alternatively, you can use a different schema:
REPLICATE PROD.Accounts SELECT * FROM Accounts
Run Sync
After you have configured the connection strings and replication queries, you can run Sync with the following command-line options:
Windows
CDSSync.exe -g MyProductionCDSConfig.xml -f MyProductionCDSSync.sql
Java
java -Xbootclasspath/p:c:\sqlitejdbc.jar -jar CDSSync.jar -g MyProductionCDSConfig.xml -f MyProductionCDSSync.sql
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