The Asana ADO.NET Data Provider enables user to easily connect to Asana data from .NET applications. Rapidly create and deploy powerful .NET applications that integrate with Asana.
Asana .NET Connectivity Features
- Compatible with Asana REST API V1
- Powerful metadata querying enables SQL-like access to non-database sources
- Push down query optimization pushes SQL operations down to the server whenever possible, increasing performance
- Client-side query execution engine, supports SQL-92 operations that are not available server-side
- Connect to live Asana data, for real-time data access with the Asana JDBC Driver
- Full support for data aggregation and complex JOINs in SQL queries
- Secure connectivity through modern cryptography, including TLS 1.2, SHA-256, ECC, etc.
- Seamless integration with leading BI, reporting, and ETL tools and with custom applications via the Asana Connector.
Target Service, API
The driver connects to Asana project management platform via REST API. Provides access to workspaces, projects, and tasks.
Schema, Data Model
Models Asana objects as relational tables with relationship support. Dynamic discovery of custom fields.
Key Objects
Workspaces, Projects, Tasks, Users, Teams, Tags, Portfolios, Goals, and Custom Fields. Full Asana data model.
Operations
Full CRUD operations on tasks and projects. Complex queries with filtering. Supports Asana's task dependencies.
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 authentication or Personal Access Token. Requires appropriate workspace permissions.
See what you can do with Asana ADO.NET provider
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The Asana ADO.NET Provider allows developers to build applications that connect to Asana using familiar SQL and Entity Framework. Integrate Asana to your mission -critical applications or create easy side-by-side applications.
You can connect from ADO.NET compliant low-code development tools:
You can connect Asana from .NET-based reporting and analytics tools:
Standard ADO.NET Access to Asana
The Asana ADO.NET Provider offers the most natural way to access Asana data from any .NET application. Simply use Asana Data Provider objects to connect and access data just as you would access any traditional database. You will be able to use the Asana Data Provider through Visual Studio Server Explorer, in code through familiar classes, and in data controls like DataGridView, GridView, DataSet, etc.
The CData ADO.NET Provider for Asana hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.
Working with DataAdapters, DataSets, DataTables, etc.
The Asana Data Provider has the same ADO.NET architecture as the native .NET data providers for SQL Server and OLEDB, including: AsanaConnection, AsanaCommand, AsanaDataAdapter, AsanaDataReader, AsanaDataSource, AsanaParameter, etc. Because of this you can now access Asana data in an easy, familiar way.
For example:
using (AsanaConnection conn = new AsanaConnection("...")) {
string select = "SELECT * FROM Project";
AsanaCommand cmd = new AsanaCommand(select, conn);
AsanaDataAdapter adapter = new AsanaDataAdapter(cmd);
using (adapter) {
DataTable table = new DataTable();
adapter.Fill(table);
...
}
}
More Than Read-Only: Full Update/CRUD Support
Asana Data Provider goes beyond read-only functionality to deliver full support for Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations (CRUD). Your end-users can interact with the data presented by the Asana Data Provider as easily as interacting with a database table.
using (AsanaConnection connection = new AsanaConnection(connectionString)) {
AsanaDataAdapter dataAdapter = new AsanaDataAdapter(
"SELECT Id, Where FROM Project", connection);
dataAdapter.UpdateCommand = new AsanaCommand(
"UPDATE Project SET Where = @Where " +
"WHERE Id = @ID", connection);
dataAdapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Where", "Where");
dataAdapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Id", "80000173-1387137645");
DataTable ProjectTable = new DataTable();
dataAdapter.Fill(ProjectTable);
DataRow firstrow = ProjectTable.Rows[0];
firstrow["Where"] = "New Location";
dataAdapter.Update(ProjectTable);
}
ADO.NET Provider Performance
With traditional approaches to remote access, performance bottlenecks can spell disaster for applications. Regardless if an application is created for internal use, a commercial project, web, or mobile application, slow performance can rapidly lead to project failure. Accessing data from any remote source has the potential to create these problems. Common issues include:
- Network Connections - Slow network connections and latency issues are common in mobile applications.
- Service Delays - Delays due to service interruptions, resulting in server hardware or software updates.
- Large Data - Intentional or unintentional requests for large amounts of data.
- Disconnects - Complete loss of network connectivity.
The CData ADO.NET Provider for Asana solves these issues by supporting powerful smart caching technology that can greatly improve the performance and dramatically reduce application bottlenecks.
Smart Caching
Smart caching is a configurable option that works by storing queried data into a local database. Enabling smart caching creates a persistent local cache database that contains a replica of data retrieved from the remote source. The cache database is small, lightweight, blazing-fast, and it can be shared by multiple connections as persistent storage.
Caching with our ADO.NET Providers is highly configurable, including options for:
- Auto Cache - Maintain an automatic local cache of data on all requests. The provider will automatically load data into the cache database each time you execute a SELECT query. Each row returned by the query will be inserted or updated as necessary into the corresponding table in the cache database.
- Explicit Cache - Cache only on demand. Developers decide exactly what data gets stored in the cache and when it is updated. Explicit caching provides full control over the cache contents by using explicit execution of CACHE statements.
- No Cache - All requests access only live data and no local cache file is created.
This powerful caching functionality increases application performance and allows applications to disconnect and continue limited functioning without writing code for additional local storage and/or data serialization/deserialization.
More information about ADO.NET Provider caching and best caching practices is available in the included help files.
Visual Studio Integration & Server Explorer
Working with the new Asana ADO.NET Provider is easy. As a fully-managed .NET Data Provider, the Asana Data Provider integrates seamlessly with the Visual Studio development environment as well as any .NET application.
As an ADO.NET Data Provider, Asana ADO.NET Provider can be used to access and explore Asana data directly from the Visual Studio Server Explorer.
It's easy. As a standard ADO.NET adapter, developers can connect the Server Explorer to Asana ADO.NET Provider just like connecting to any standard database.
- Add a new Data Connection from the Server Explorer and select the Asana Data Source
- Configure the basic connection properties to access your Asana account data.
Explore all of the data available! Asana ADO.NET Provider makes it easy to access live Asana data from Visual Studio.
- After configuring the connection, explore the feeds, views, and services provided by the Asana Data Source.
- These constructs return live Asana data that developers can work with directly from within Visual Studio!
Developer Integration: Databind to Asana
Connecting Web, Desktop, and Mobile .NET applications with Asana is just like working with SQL Server. It is even possible to integrate Asana ADO.NET Provider into applications without writing code.
Developers are free to access the Asana ADO.NET Provider in whatever way they like best. Either visually through the Visual Studio Winforms or Webforms designers, or directly through code.
- Developers can connect the Asana Data Source directly to form components by configuring the object's smart
tags.
- Add a new Data Connection from the Server Explorer and select the Asana Data Source. Then, select the
feed, view, or services you would like to connect the object to.
Done! It's just like connecting to SQL Server.
- Once the object is bound to the data source, applications can easily interact with Asana data with full
read/write (CRUD) support.
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