Feed HCL Domino Data into FineReport

The CData JDBC Driver for HCL Domino fully implements the JDBC standard and can provide HCL Domino data connectivity to a wide variety of BI, reporting, and ETL tools and custom applications. In this article, we explain how to set HCL Domino data as JDBC data source in FineReport and view HCL Domino data as a table in the Report Designer.

Set Up a JDBC Data Source of HCL Domino Data

Follow the instruction below to set HCL Domino data as a FineReport database connection.

1. Copy the cdata.jdbc.domino.jar file from the lib folder in the CData JDBC Driver for HCL Domino installation directory to the lib folder of the FineReport installation directory. You will need to copy the cdata.jdbc.domino.lic file as well.
2. From the Server tab, select Define Data Connection, click to add a new connection, and click JDBC.

Next we will set up the data connection definition in the window.

1. Database: Others
2. JDBC Driver: cdata.jdbc.domino.DominoDriver
3. URL: A standard JDBC connection string using semicolon-separated connection properties.

   Prerequisites

   The connector requires the Proton component to be installed. Normally, Proton is distributed as part of the AppDev pack. See the HCL documentation for instructions on acquiring and installing Proton or the AppDev pack.

   Once the Proton service is installed and running, you will also need to create a user account and download its Internet certificate. This certificate can be used to set the connector certificate connection properties.

   Authenticating to Domino

   • Server: The name or IP address of the server running Domino with the Proton service.
   • Port: The port number that the Proton service is listening on.
   • Database: The name of the database file, including the .nsf extension.
   • SSLClientCertType: This must match the format of the certificate file. Typically this will be either PEMKEY_FILE for .pem certificates or PFXFILE for .pfx certificates.
   • SSLClientCert: The path to the certificate file.
   • SSLServerCert: This can be set to (*) if you trust the server. This is usually the case, but if you want to perform SSL validation, you may provide a certificate or thumbprint instead. See the documentation for SSLServerCert for details.

   Additional Server Configuration

   The connector supports querying Domino views if any are defined. Before views can be queried by the connector they must be registered with the design catalog.

   Please refer to the Catalog Administration section of the AppDev pack documentation for details on how to do this.

   Built-in Connection String Designer

   For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the HCL Domino JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

   java -jar cdata.jdbc.domino.jar

   Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

   When you configure the JDBC URL, 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 reports and visualizations.

   A typical JDBC URL is below:

   jdbc:domino:Server=https://domino.corp.com;Database=names.nsf;Port=3002;SSLClientCertType=PEMKEY_FILE;SSLClientCert=full_path_of_certificate.pem;SSLServerCert=*
4. Click Connection pool attributes and set Test before getting connections to No.

Click Test connection to ensure you have configured the connection properly. With the connection to HCL Domino set up, you can use it as FineReport data source.

Select HCL Domino Data in the Report Designer.

1. Click to add a new template data set and select DB query to open the database query window.
2. Choose the JDBC connection that you created from the dropdown list.
3. The HCL Domino entities will appear as tables on the left pane.
4. Write a SELECT statement for the HCL Domino data tables and columns that you want to load.
5. Click preview and data is shown as table.

With these simple steps, HCL Domino can be used as a JDBC data source in FineReport.