Integrate NetSuite Data in Your Informatica Cloud Instance



Use CData JDBC drivers with the Informatica Cloud Secure Agent to access live NetSuite data from Informatica Cloud.

Informatica Cloud allows you to perform extract, transform, and load (ETL) tasks in the cloud. With the Cloud Secure Agent and the CData JDBC Driver for NetSuite, you get live access to NetSuite data, directly within Informatica Cloud. In this article, we will walk through downloading and registering the Cloud Secure Agent, connecting to NetSuite through the JDBC Driver and generating a mapping that can be used in any Informatica Cloud process.

About NetSuite Data Integration

CData provides the easiest way to access and integrate live data from Oracle NetSuite. Customers use CData connectivity to:

  • Access all editions of NetSuite, including Standard, CRM, and OneWorld.
  • Connect with all versions of the SuiteTalk API (SOAP-based) and SuiteQL, which functions like SQL, enabling easier data querying and manipulation.
  • Access predefined and custom reports through support for Saved Searches.
  • Securely authenticate with Token-based and OAuth 2.0, ensuring compatibility and security for all use cases.
  • Use SQL stored procedures to perform functional actions like uploading or downloading files, attaching or detaching records or relationships, retrieving roles, getting extra table or column info, getting job results, and more.

Customers use CData solutions to access live NetSuite data from their preferred analytics tools, Power BI and Excel. They also use CData's solutions to integrate their NetSuite data into comprehensive databases and data warehouse using CData Sync directly or leveraging CData's compatibility with other applications like Azure Data Factory. CData also helps Oracle NetSuite customers easily write apps that can pull data from and push data to NetSuite, allowing organizations to integrate data from other sources with NetSuite.

For more information about our Oracle NetSuite solutions, read our blog: Drivers in Focus Part 2: Replicating and Consolidating ... NetSuite Accounting Data.


Getting Started


Informatica Cloud Secure Agent

To work with the NetSuite data through the JDBC Driver, install the Cloud Secure Agent.

  1. Navigate to the Administrator page in Informatica Cloud
  2. Select the Runtime Environments tab
  3. Click "Download Secure Agent"
  4. Make note of the Install Token
  5. Run the installer on the client machine and register the Cloud Secure Agent with your username and install token

NOTE: It may take some time for all of the Cloud Secure Agent services to get up and running.

Connecting to the NetSuite JDBC Driver

With the Cloud Secure Agent installed and running, you are ready to connect to NetSuite through the JDBC Driver.

Adding the JDBC Driver to the Secure Agent Machine

  1. Navigate to the following directory on the Secure Agent machine:

    %Secure Agent installation directory%/ext/connectors/thirdparty/
  2. Create a folder and add the driver JAR file (cdata.jdbc.netsuite.jar) based on the type of mapping that you want to configure.

    For mappings, create the following folder and add the driver JAR file:

    informatica.jdbc_v2/common

    For mappings in advanced mode, also create the following folder and add the driver JAR file:

    informatica.jdbc_v2/spark
  3. Restart the Secure Agent.

Connecting to NetSuite in Informatica Cloud

After installing the driver JAR file, you are ready to configure your connection to NetSuite in Informatica Cloud. Start by clicking the Connections tab and clicking New Connection. Fill in the following properties for the connection:

  • Connection Name: Name your connection (i.e.: CData NetSuite Connection)
  • Type: Select "JDBC_V2"
  • Runtime Environment: Select the runtime environment where you installed the Secure Agent
  • JDBC Driver Class Name: The name of the JDBC driver class: cdata.jdbc.netsuite.NetSuiteDriver
  • JDBC Connection URL: Set this to the JDBC URL for NetSuite. Your URL will look similar to the following:

    jdbc:netsuite:Account Id=XABC123456;Password=password;User=user;Role Id=3;Version=2013_1;

    The User and Password properties, under the Authentication section, must be set to valid NetSuite user credentials. In addition, the AccountId must be set to the ID of a company account that can be used by the specified User. The RoleId can be optionally specified to log in the user with limited permissions.

    See the "Getting Started" chapter of the help documentation for more information on connecting to NetSuite.

    Built-In Connection String Designer

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

    java -jar cdata.jdbc.netsuite.jar

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

  • Username: Set this to the username for NetSuite
  • Password: Set this to the password for NetSuite

Create a Mapping for NetSuite Data

With the connection to NetSuite configured, we can now access NetSuite data in any Informatica process. The steps below walk through creating a mapping for NetSuite to another data target.

  1. Navigate to the Data Integration page
  2. Click New.. and select Mapping from the Mappings tab
  3. Click the Source Object and in the Source tab, select the Connection and set the Source Type
  4. Click "Select" to choose the table to map
  5. In the Fields tab, select the fields from the NetSuite table to map
  6. Click the Target object and configure the Target source, table and fields. In the Field Mapping tab, map the source fields to the target fields.

With the mapping configured, you are ready to start integrating live NetSuite data with any of the supported connections in Informatica Cloud. Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for NetSuite and start working with your live NetSuite data in Informatica Cloud today.

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