The Bing Ads ADO.NET Data Provider enables user to easily connect to Bing Ads data from .NET applications. An easy-to-use database-like interface for .NET applications access to live Bing Ads data (Campaigns, Ads, Customers, and more).
Bing Ads .NET Connectivity Features
- Work with a relational model of your Bing Ads data based on aggregations and time periods
- Connect to live Bing Ads data, for real-time data access with the Bing Ads 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 Bing Ads Connector.
Target Service, API
The driver connects to Microsoft Advertising API. Access to Bing Ads campaign data.
Schema, Data Model
Models Bing Ads entities as tables. Similar structure to Google Ads for easy migration.
Key Objects
Campaigns, Ad Groups, Ads, Keywords, and Reports. Microsoft Advertising platform data.
Operations
CRUD operations on campaign entities. Reporting queries with metrics. Bulk operations supported.
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 authentication with Microsoft. Developer token and customer ID required.
See what you can do with Bing Ads ADO.NET provider
Use Bing Ads from SQL Server Analysis Service (SSAS) multi-dimensional cubes. Keep your analytical data modeling and access to any source including cloud and on-premises.
The Bing Ads ADO.NET Provider allows developers to build applications that connect to Bing Ads using familiar SQL and Entity Framework. Integrate Bing Ads 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 Bing Ads from .NET-based reporting and analytics tools:
Standard ADO.NET Access to BingAds
The Bing Ads ADO.NET Provider offers the most natural way to access Bing Ads data from any .NET application. Simply use Bing Ads Data Provider objects to connect and access data just as you would access any traditional database. You will be able to use the Bing Ads 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 Bing Ads 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 Bing Ads Data Provider has the same ADO.NET architecture as the native .NET data providers for SQL Server and OLEDB, including: BingAdsConnection, BingAdsCommand, BingAdsDataAdapter, BingAdsDataReader, BingAdsDataSource, BingAdsParameter, etc. Because of this you can now access Bing Ads data in an easy, familiar way.
For example:
using (BingAdsConnection conn = new BingAdsConnection("...")) {
string select = "SELECT * FROM Campaigns";
BingAdsCommand cmd = new BingAdsCommand(select, conn);
BingAdsDataAdapter adapter = new BingAdsDataAdapter(cmd);
using (adapter) {
DataTable table = new DataTable();
adapter.Fill(table);
...
}
}
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 Bing Ads 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 Bing Ads ADO.NET Provider is easy. As a fully-managed .NET Data Provider, the Bing Ads Data Provider integrates seamlessly with the Visual Studio development environment as well as any .NET application.
As an ADO.NET Data Provider, Bing Ads ADO.NET Provider can be used to access and explore Bing Ads data directly from the Visual Studio Server Explorer.
It's easy. As a standard ADO.NET adapter, developers can connect the Server Explorer to Bing Ads ADO.NET Provider just like connecting to any standard database.
- Add a new Data Connection from the Server Explorer and select the Bing Ads Data Source
- Configure the basic connection properties to access your Bing Ads account data.
Explore all of the data available! Bing Ads ADO.NET Provider makes it easy to access live Bing Ads data from Visual Studio.
- After configuring the connection, explore the feeds, views, and services provided by the Bing Ads Data Source.
- These constructs return live Bing Ads data that developers can work with directly from within Visual Studio!
Developer Integration: Databind to Bing Ads
Connecting Web, Desktop, and Mobile .NET applications with Bing Ads is just like working with SQL Server. It is even possible to integrate Bing Ads ADO.NET Provider into applications without writing code.
Developers are free to access the Bing Ads 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 Bing Ads 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 Bing Ads 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 Bing Ads data with full
read/write (CRUD) support.
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