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The TSheets ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from TSheets, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access TSheets data like you would a database - read TSheets Payroll, Timesheets, Schedules, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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Viewing TSheets Data in RAD Studio Data Explorer


How to view TSheets data in RAD Studio Data Explorer using the CData ODBC Driver for TSheets.

Embarcadero RAD Studio provides a development environment for Delphi and C++Builder applications. With the CData ODBC Driver for TSheets, you gain access to live TSheets data within RAD Studio, abstracting the data into tables, views, and stored procedures that can be used to both retrieve TSheets data. This article will walk through connecting to TSheets using the Data Explorer.

Configure a Connection to TSheets

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

TSheets uses the OAuth2 standard for authentication and authorization. To construct your own OAuth app and connect to data, refer to OAuth section in the Help.

Connecting to TSheets Data Using Data Explorer

You can create a simple application for displaying TSheets data by utilizing the CData FireDAC Components for TSheets and a new VCL Forms Application:

  1. Open the Data Explorer in RAD Studio and expand FireDAC.
  2. Right-click the ODBC Data Source node in the Data Explorer.
  3. Click Add New Connection.
  4. Enter a name for the connection.
  5. In the FireDAC Connection Editor that appears, set the DataSource property to the name of the ODBC DSN for TSheets.
  6. Back in the Data Explorer, expand the views for the connection.

  7. Create a new VCL Forms application and drag a view (for example: Timesheets) onto the form.

  8. Select the TimesheetsView object on the form and set the Active property to true.

  9. Right-click on the object, bind visually, and link everything (*) to a new control (TStringGrid).

  10. Arrange the TStringGrid on the form and run the application to see the Timesheets data.