Connect to Oracle Eloqua Data in DBeaver

The CData ODBC Driver for Eloqua enables access to live data from Oracle Eloqua under the ODBC standard, allowing you work with Oracle Eloqua data in a wide variety of BI, reporting, and ETL tools and directly, using familiar SQL queries. This article shows how to manage Oracle Eloqua data with visual tools in DBeaver like the query browser.

The CData ODBC drivers offer unmatched performance for interacting with live Oracle Eloqua data in DBeaver due to optimized data processing built into the driver. When you issue complex SQL queries from DBeaver to Oracle Eloqua, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Oracle Eloqua and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations (often SQL functions and JOIN operations) client-side. With built-in dynamic metadata querying, you can manage and analyze Oracle Eloqua data.

Connect to Oracle Eloqua

If you have not already done so, provide values for the required connection properties in the data source name (DSN). You can configure the DSN using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator. This is also the last step of the driver installation. See the "Getting Started" chapter in the Help documentation for a guide to using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure a DSN.

There are two authentication methods available for connecting to Oracle Eloqua: Login and OAuth. The Login method requires you to have the Company, User, and Password of the user.

If you do not have access to the username and password or do not wish to require them, you can use OAuth authentication. OAuth is better suited for allowing other users to access their own data. Using login credentials is better suited for accessing your own data.

Finally, set the "Map To WVarchar connection property to False in the DSN Configuration window for the driver. This configuration will allow string types to be mapped to SQL_VARCHAR and prevent SQL_WVARCHAR types from being displayed as NULL.

Connecting to the Oracle Eloqua ODBC Data Source in DBeaver

1. Open the DBeaver application and in the Database menu, select the New Database Connection option.
2. In the 'Connect to a database' window, select ODBC and click Next.
3. In the Database/Schema field, enter the DSN name (CData Oracle Eloqua Source by default). It will be automatically added to the JDBC URL as well.
4. Click the Test Connection button. You should receive a 'Connected' message after DBeaver has detected the DSN, along with details about the driver if the connection is successful.

Query Oracle Eloqua Data

You can now query information from the tables exposed by the data source connection. You can expand the database structure in order to view all the tables. You can retrieve the table's data by right-clicking on a table name and selecting View data. The data will then be available in the Data tab.

Free Trial & More Information

At this point, you have connected to live Oracle Eloqua data from DBeaver. For more information, visit the CData ODBC Driver page. Download a free, 30-day trial and start working live Oracle Eloqua data DBeaver today.