Viewing Pipedrive Data in RAD Studio Data Explorer



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

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

Configure a Connection to Pipedrive

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.

Connecting to Pipedrive Data Using Data Explorer

You can create a simple application for displaying Pipedrive data by utilizing the CData FireDAC Components for Pipedrive 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 Pipedrive.
  6. Back in the Data Explorer, expand the tables for the connection.
  7. Create a new VCL Forms application and drag a table (for example: Deals) onto the form.

  8. Select the DealsTable 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 Deals data.

Related Articles

Below you can find other articles for using the CData ODBC Driver with RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++ Builder.

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

Access Pipedrive data like you would a database - read, write, and update Pipedrive 0, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.