Zoho Inventory ADO.NET Provider
SQL-based Access to Zoho Inventory through ADO.NET for your custom .NET applications and SSAS.
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The Zoho Inventory ADO.NET Data Provider enables user to easily connect to Zoho Inventory data from .NET applications. Rapidly create and deploy powerful .NET applications that integrate with Zoho Inventory.
Zoho Inventory
Zoho Inventory .NET Connectivity Features
- SQL access to Zoho Inventory data
- SQL Stored Procedures for applying credits, exporting invoices, confirming sales orders, 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 Zoho Inventory data, for real-time data access with the Zoho Inventory ODBC 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 Zoho Inventory Connector.
Target Service, API
The driver connects to Zoho Inventory API. Provides access to inventory management, order processing, and warehouse data. Supports multi-channel inventory tracking and synchronization.
Schema, Data Model
Relational model of Zoho Inventory entities. Dynamic schema based on custom fields. Support for composite objects and relationships. Automatic handling of Zoho API pagination. Currency and multi-language support.
Key Objects
Items, item groups, composite items, sales orders, purchase orders, invoices, bills, packages, shipments, warehouses, vendors, customers, contacts, price lists, taxes, adjustments, transfer orders.
Operations
Full CRUD operations on all inventory objects. Complex queries with filters and sorting. Bulk operations for inventory updates. Stored procedures for order processing. Automatic inventory calculations. JOIN operations between related entities.
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 authentication. Zoho account credentials. API token authentication. Domain-specific authentication for different regions. Refresh token handling.
See what you can do with Zoho Inventory ADO.NET provider
Use Zoho Inventory 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 Zoho Inventory ADO.NET Provider allows developers to build applications that connect to Zoho Inventory using familiar SQL and Entity Framework. Integrate Zoho Inventory 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 Zoho Inventory from .NET-based reporting and analytics tools:
Standard ADO.NET Access to ZohoInventory
The Zoho Inventory ADO.NET Provider offers the most natural way to access Zoho Inventory data from any .NET application. Simply use Zoho Inventory Data Provider objects to connect and access data just as you would access any traditional database. You will be able to use the Zoho Inventory 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 Zoho Inventory 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 Zoho Inventory Data Provider has the same ADO.NET architecture as the native .NET data providers for SQL Server and OLEDB, including: ZohoInventoryConnection, ZohoInventoryCommand, ZohoInventoryDataAdapter, ZohoInventoryDataReader, ZohoInventoryDataSource, ZohoInventoryParameter, etc. Because of this you can now access Zoho Inventory data in an easy, familiar way.
For example:
using (ZohoInventoryConnection conn = new ZohoInventoryConnection("...")) {
string select = "SELECT * FROM Bills";
ZohoInventoryCommand cmd = new ZohoInventoryCommand(select, conn);
ZohoInventoryDataAdapter adapter = new ZohoInventoryDataAdapter(cmd);
using (adapter) {
DataTable table = new DataTable();
adapter.Fill(table);
...
}
}
More Than Read-Only: Full Update/CRUD Support
Zoho Inventory 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 Zoho Inventory Data Provider as easily as interacting with a database table.
using (ZohoInventoryConnection connection = new ZohoInventoryConnection(connectionString)) {
ZohoInventoryDataAdapter dataAdapter = new ZohoInventoryDataAdapter(
"SELECT Id, Where FROM Bills", connection);
dataAdapter.UpdateCommand = new ZohoInventoryCommand(
"UPDATE Bills SET Where = @Where " +
"WHERE Id = @ID", connection);
dataAdapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Where", "Where");
dataAdapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Id", "80000173-1387137645");
DataTable BillsTable = new DataTable();
dataAdapter.Fill(BillsTable);
DataRow firstrow = BillsTable.Rows[0];
firstrow["Where"] = "New Location";
dataAdapter.Update(BillsTable);
}
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 Zoho Inventory 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 Zoho Inventory ADO.NET Provider is easy. As a fully-managed .NET Data Provider, the Zoho Inventory Data Provider integrates seamlessly with the Visual Studio development environment as well as any .NET application.
As an ADO.NET Data Provider, Zoho Inventory ADO.NET Provider can be used to access and explore Zoho Inventory data directly from the Visual Studio Server Explorer.
It's easy. As a standard ADO.NET adapter, developers can connect the Server Explorer to Zoho Inventory ADO.NET Provider just like connecting to any standard database.
- Add a new Data Connection from the Server Explorer and select the Zoho Inventory Data Source
- Configure the basic connection properties to access your Zoho Inventory account data.
Explore all of the data available! Zoho Inventory ADO.NET Provider makes it easy to access live Zoho Inventory data from Visual Studio.
- After configuring the connection, explore the feeds, views, and services provided by the Zoho Inventory Data Source.
- These constructs return live Zoho Inventory data that developers can work with directly from within Visual Studio!
Developer Integration: Databind to Zoho Inventory
Connecting Web, Desktop, and Mobile .NET applications with Zoho Inventory is just like working with SQL Server. It is even possible to integrate Zoho Inventory ADO.NET Provider into applications without writing code.
Developers are free to access the Zoho Inventory 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 Zoho Inventory 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 Zoho Inventory 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 Zoho Inventory data with full
read/write (CRUD) support.
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