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Paylocity ODBC Driver

Read, write, and update Paylocity through ODBC

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The Paylocity ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Paylocity, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity. Access Paylocity data like you would a database - read, write, and update Paylocity Employees, Companies, Rates, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

ODBC architecture

See what you can do with Paylocity ODBC Driver

Server

SQL
SQL Server Linked-Server

Connect to Paylocity from SQL Server as Linked-Server. You can query Paylocity from familiar Transact-SQL without need of setting up another application.

Informatica
Data Integration & ETL

Integrate Paylocity to your system through popular ETL / EAI tools such as Informatica PowerCenter. Standard SQL and Stored Procedures enable fast delivery of your integration projects.

Reporting & BI
Reporting & BI

Connect Paylocity from any ODBC compatible tools:

Desktop

MS Access / Excel / PowerQuery
MS Access / Excel / PowerQuery

Your familiar tools can connect to Paylocity using CData ODBC.

Paylocity ODBC Connectivity Features

  • Fully compatible with the Paylocity REST API V2.0
  • SQL Stored Procedures for on-boarding employees, creating pay entries, and more
  • 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 Paylocity data, for real-time data access with the Paylocity 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 Paylocity Connector.

Target Service, API

The driver connects to Paylocity API. Payroll and HR platform.

Schema, Data Model

Models Paylocity data as tables. Employee and payroll focused.

Key Objects

Employees, Earnings, Deductions, and Time entries. Payroll data access.

Operations

Read operations on payroll data. Limited write for time entries.

Authentication

OAuth 2.0 with client credentials. Company-specific endpoints.

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Robust ODBC access to Paylocity

Full-featured and consistent SQL access to any supported data source through ODBC


Connect to Paylocity—empower every team

Management & Data Consumer
IT Department
IT Pro, Infrastructure

AI-assisted development with CData CLI

Build Paylocity integrations faster with AI that understands your schema

Schema-aware AI

CData CLI gives AI coding tools access to your Paylocity schema. No more guessing table names or column types—AI sees the same metadata in your ODBC Drivers.

Your AI Knows SQL

How to find table names, column names, and how to generate SQL syntax are things that AI knows well from millions of training data. No need for customization, no hallucinations. Your AI acts like a domain specialist to Paylocity.

More Accurate, More Token-Efficient

With CData CLI's queryable schema detection and highly efficient queries with filters, aggregation, joins with correct pushdown, your AI will achieve more accuracy with less token usage.

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FAQs

Frequently asked Paylocity ODBC driver questions

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