Connect to Dynamics GP Data in Aqua Data Studio

The CData JDBC Driver for Dynamics GP integrates Dynamics GP data with wizards and analytics in IDEs like Aqua Data Studio. This article shows how to connect to Dynamics GP data through the connection manager and execute queries.

Create a JDBC Data Source

You can use the connection manager to define connection properties and save them in a new JDBC data source. The Dynamics GP data source can then be accessed from Aqua Data Studio tools.

1. In Aqua Data Studio, select Register Server from the Servers menu.
2. In the Register Server form, select the 'Generic - JDBC' connection.
3. Enter the following JDBC connection properties:
   • Name: Enter a name for the data source; for example, Dynamics GP.
   • Driver Location: Click the Browse button and select the cdata.jdbc.dynamicsgp.jar file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
   • Driver: Enter the Driver's class name, cdata.jdbc.dynamicsgp.DynamicsGPDriver.
   • URL: Enter the JDBC URL, which starts with jdbc:dynamicsgp: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties. You will find information on the required connection string options in the help documentation. A typical JDBC URL is below:
     jdbc:dynamicsgp:CompanyId=mycompanyId;user=myuser;password=mypassword;URL= http://{servername}:{port}/Dynamics/GPService;
   

To authenticate set the User and Password connection properties.

To connect set the URL to the Web services endpoint; for example, http://{servername}:{port}/Dynamics/GPService. Additionally, set CompanyId; you can obtain this value in the company setup window: Click Tools -> Setup -> Company.

By default, data summaries are not returned to save performance. Set LookupIds to true to return details such as line items; however, note that entities must be retrieved one at a time.

Query Dynamics GP Data

You can now query the tables exposed.