Connect to MYOB AccountRight Data in Aqua Data Studio

The CData JDBC Driver for MYOB AccountRight integrates MYOB AccountRight data with wizards and analytics in IDEs like Aqua Data Studio. This article shows how to connect to MYOB AccountRight data through the connection manager and execute queries.

Create a JDBC Data Source

You can use the connection manager to define connection properties and save them in a new JDBC data source. The MYOB AccountRight data source can then be accessed from Aqua Data Studio tools.

1. In Aqua Data Studio, select Register Server from the Servers menu.
2. In the Register Server form, select the 'Generic - JDBC' connection.
3. Enter the following JDBC connection properties:
   • Name: Enter a name for the data source; for example, MYOB AccountRight.
   • Driver Location: Click the Browse button and select the cdata.jdbc.myob.jar file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
   • Driver: Enter the Driver's class name, cdata.jdbc.myob.MYOBDriver.

   • URL: Enter the JDBC URL, which starts with jdbc:myob: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.

     These properties are required when connecting to a company file (both for Cloud and On-Premise instances).

     • CompanyFileId: You can find this by starting MYOB, opening your data file, and selecting Help -> About MYOB
     • User: The username associated with your company file.
     • Password: The password associated with your company file.

     Connecting to a Cloud Instance

     To connect to a cloud instance of MYOB, you can use the embedded OAuth credentials or create an OAuth app with MYOB. This process is detailed in the Help documentation.

     Connecting to an On-Premise instance:

     When connecting to an on-premise instance, you will need to set the following connection property in addition to those above:

     • InitiateOauth: Set this to OFF.
     • Url: The Url of your MYOB instance.

     Built-in Connection String Designer

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

     java -jar cdata.jdbc.myob.jar

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

     A typical JDBC URL is below:
     jdbc:myob:OAuthClientId=YourClientId; OAuthClientSecret=YourClientSecret; CompanyFileId=yourCompanyFileId; CallbackURL=http://localhost:33333; User=companyFileUser; Password=companyFilePassword; InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

Query MYOB AccountRight Data

You can now query the tables exposed.