ActiveTrail Integration Guides and Tutorials

Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism

A list of guides and tutorials for connecting to and working with live ActiveTrail data.

CData Software's connectivity tools enable users to connect directly to live ActiveTrail data data from widely-used BI, analytics, ETL, and custom applications, ensuring that our customers can access their data wherever they desire. Below, you'll find a collection of guides and tutorials on integrating with live ActiveTrail data.

Integration Use-Cases

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Artificial Intelligence - agents, chatbots, and workflows (Claude, ChatGPT, n8n, crewAI, etc.)
Business Intelligence & Analytics - charting, reports, and more (Tableau, Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, etc.)
ETL & Replication - moving and replicating data (CData Sync, AWS Glue, Oracle Data Integrator, etc.)
Data Virtualization - retrieving and manipulating data (DbVisualizer, SQL Server PolyBase, etc.)
Software Development - developing custom applications (.NET, AngularJS, Ruby, Python, etc.)
Data Management - managing data (DBArtisan, RazorSQL, SQuirreL, etc.)
Workflow Automation - building automated workflows (SSIS, Power Automate, etc.)

Artificial Intelligence

Product	Technology	Article Title
Python MCP Server	Python	Connect ActiveTrail to AI Assistants With the CData Python MCP Server

Business Intelligence & Analytics

Product	Technology	Article Title
LINQPad	ADO.NET	Working with ActiveTrail in LINQPad
TIBCO Spotfire	ADO.NET	Visualize ActiveTrail in TIBCO Spotfire through ADO.NET
Microsoft SSAS	ADO.NET	Build an OLAP Cube in SSAS from ActiveTrail
Aqua Data Studio	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in Aqua Data Studio
AWS Databricks	JDBC	Process & Analyze ActiveTrail Data in Databricks (AWS)
Birst	JDBC	Build Visualizations of ActiveTrail in Birst
BIRT	JDBC	Design BIRT Reports on ActiveTrail
SAP Crystal Reports	JDBC	Publish Reports with ActiveTrail in Crystal Reports (JDBC)
FineReport	JDBC	Feed ActiveTrail into FineReport
JasperServer	JDBC	Create ActiveTrail Reports on JasperReports Server
Jaspersoft BI Suite	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in Jaspersoft Studio
JReport Designer	JDBC	Integrate with ActiveTrail in JReport Designer
KNIME	JDBC	Enable the ActiveTrail JDBC Driver in KNIME
Microstrategy Desktop	JDBC	Use the CData JDBC Driver for ActiveTrail in MicroStrategy Desktop
Microstrategy Web	JDBC	Use the CData JDBC Driver for ActiveTrail in MicroStrategy Web
MicroStrategy	JDBC	Use the CData JDBC Driver for ActiveTrail in MicroStrategy
OBIEE	JDBC	ActiveTrail Reporting in OBIEE with the ActiveTrail JDBC Driver
Pentaho Report Designer	JDBC	Integrate ActiveTrail in the Pentaho Report Designer
R	JDBC	Analyze ActiveTrail in R (JDBC)
RapidMiner	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in RapidMiner
SAP Business Objects	JDBC	Create an SAP BusinessObjects Universe on the CData JDBC Driver for ActiveTrail
Sisense	JDBC	Visualize Live ActiveTrail in Sisense
Spago BI	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in SpagoBI
TIBCO Spotfire Server	JDBC	Operational Reporting on ActiveTrail from Spotfire Server
Alteryx Designer	ODBC	Prepare, Blend, and Analyze ActiveTrail in Alteryx Designer (ODBC)
Clear Analytics	ODBC	Build Charts with ActiveTrail in Clear Analytics
IBM Cognos BI	ODBC	Create Data Visualizations in Cognos BI with ActiveTrail
DBxtra	ODBC	Build Dashboards with ActiveTrail in DBxtra
Domo	ODBC	Create Datasets from ActiveTrail in Domo Workbench
Dundas BI	ODBC	Build Dashboards with ActiveTrail in Dundas BI
QlikView	ODBC	Connect to and Query ActiveTrail in QlikView over ODBC
R	ODBC	Analyze ActiveTrail in R (ODBC)
SAS JMP	ODBC	Use the CData ODBC Driver for ActiveTrail in SAS JMP
SAS	ODBC	Use the CData ODBC Driver for ActiveTrail in SAS for Real-Time Reporting and Analytics
Power BI Desktop	Power BI	Author Power BI Reports on Real-Time ActiveTrail
pandas	Python	Use pandas to Visualize ActiveTrail in Python
Tableau	Tableau	Visualize ActiveTrail in Tableau Desktop
Tableau Server	Tableau	Publish ActiveTrail-Connected Dashboards in Tableau Server

ETL & Replication

Product	Technology	Article Title
Apache Airflow	JDBC	Bridge ActiveTrail Connectivity with Apache Airflow
Apache Camel	JDBC	Integrate with ActiveTrail using Apache Camel
Apache NiFi	JDBC	Bridge ActiveTrail Connectivity with Apache NiFi
CloverDX	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in CloverDX (formerly CloverETL)
ETL Validator	JDBC	How to Work with ActiveTrail in ETL Validator
Google Data Fusion	JDBC	Build ActiveTrail-Connected ETL Processes in Google Data Fusion
HULFT Integrate	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in HULFT Integrate
Informatica Cloud	JDBC	Integrate ActiveTrail in Your Informatica Cloud Instance
Informatica PowerCenter	JDBC	Create Informatica Mappings From/To a JDBC Data Source for ActiveTrail
Jaspersoft ETL	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in Jaspersoft Studio
Oracle Data Integrator	JDBC	ETL ActiveTrail in Oracle Data Integrator
Pentaho Data Integration	JDBC	Integrate ActiveTrail in Pentaho Data Integration
SnapLogic	JDBC	Integrate ActiveTrail with External Services using SnapLogic (JDBC)
Talend	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail and Transfer Data in Talend
FoxPro	ODBC	Work with ActiveTrail in FoxPro
UiPath Studio	ODBC	Create an RPA Flow that Connects to ActiveTrail in UiPath Studio
petl	Python	Extract, Transform, and Load ActiveTrail in Python
BIML	SSIS	Use Biml to Build SSIS Tasks to Replicate ActiveTrail to SQL Server

Data Virtualization

Product	Technology	Article Title
APOS Live Data Gateway	JDBC	Build Semantic Layer Views for ActiveTrail (JDBC)
Denodo	JDBC	Create A Data Source for ActiveTrail in Denodo Platform
Dremio	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail as an External Source in Dremio
PostgreSQL FDW	JDBC	A PostgreSQL Interface for ActiveTrail
SQL Server Linked Servers	ODBC	Connect to ActiveTrail as a Linked Server
MySQL Federated Tables	ODBC	Connect to ActiveTrail as Federated Tables in MySQL
Oracle Database	ODBC	Access ActiveTrail as a Remote Oracle Database
SQL Server PolyBase	ODBC	Connect to ActiveTrail as an External Data Source using PolyBase

Software Development

Product	Technology	Article Title
.NET Charts	ADO.NET	DataBind Charts to ActiveTrail
EF - Code First	ADO.NET	Access ActiveTrail with Entity Framework 6
DevExpress	ADO.NET	DataBind ActiveTrail to the DevExpress Data Grid
EF - LINQ	ADO.NET	LINQ to ActiveTrail
EF - MVC	ADO.NET	Build MVC Applications with Connectivity to ActiveTrail
PowerBuilder	ADO.NET	Connect to ActiveTrail from PowerBuilder
Apache Spark	JDBC	Work with ActiveTrail in Apache Spark Using SQL
AWS Lambda	JDBC	Access Live ActiveTrail Data in AWS Lambda
ColdFusion	JDBC	Query ActiveTrail in ColdFusion Using JDBC
Filemaker Pro (on Mac)	JDBC	Bidirectional Access to ActiveTrail from FileMaker Pro (on Mac)
Hibernate	JDBC	Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) with ActiveTrail Entities in Java
IntelliJ	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in IntelliJ
JBoss	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail from a Connection Pool in JBoss
JDBI	JDBC	Create a Data Access Object for ActiveTrail using JDBI
JetBrains RubyMine	JDBC	Integrate ActiveTrail with JetBrains RubyMine
JRuby	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in JRuby
Mendix	JDBC	Build ActiveTrail-Connected Apps in Mendix (JDBC)
RunMyProcess DSEC	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in DigitalSuite Studio through RunMyProcess DSEC
Servoy	JDBC	Build ActiveTrail-Connected Apps in Servoy
Spring Boot	JDBC	Access Live ActiveTrail Data in Spring Boot Apps
Tomcat	JDBC	Configure the CData JDBC Driver for ActiveTrail in a Connection Pool in Tomcat
WebLogic	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail from a Connection Pool in WebLogic
.NET QueryBuilder	ODBC	Rapidly Develop ActiveTrail-Driven Apps with Active Query Builder
ColdFusion	ODBC	Query ActiveTrail in ColdFusion Using ODBC
C++Builder	ODBC	DataBind Controls to ActiveTrail Data in C++Builder
Delphi	ODBC	DataBind Controls to ActiveTrail Data in Delphi
Filemaker Pro	ODBC	Bidirectional Access to ActiveTrail from FileMaker Pro
Go	ODBC	Write a Simple Go Application to work with ActiveTrail on Linux
Lazarus IDE	ODBC	Easily Integrate ActiveTrail Data in Lazarus Pascal IDE
NodeJS	ODBC	Query ActiveTrail through ODBC in Node.js
PHP	ODBC	Natively Connect to ActiveTrail in PHP
PyCharm	ODBC	Using the CData ODBC Driver for ActiveTrail in PyCharm
Python	ODBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in Python on Linux/UNIX
VCL App (RAD Studio)	ODBC	Build a Simple VCL Application for ActiveTrail
Ruby	ODBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in Ruby
Dash	Python	Use Dash & Python to Build Web Apps on ActiveTrail
SQLAlchemy	Python	Use SQLAlchemy ORMs to Access ActiveTrail in Python

Data Management

Product	Technology	Article Title
Apache Solr	JDBC	Import ActiveTrail Data into Apache Solr
Coginiti Pro	JDBC	Access Live ActiveTrail Data in Coginiti Pro
DataGrip	JDBC	Query ActiveTrail Data in DataGrip
DB Artisan	JDBC	Manage ActiveTrail in DBArtisan as a JDBC Source
DbVisualizer	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in DBVisualizer
DBeaver	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in DBeaver
Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog	JDBC	Add ActiveTrail to Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog
QuerySurge	JDBC	Validate ActiveTrail Data with QuerySurge
RazorSQL	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in RazorSQL
SQuirreL	JDBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in Squirrel SQL Client
DB Artisan	ODBC	Connect to ActiveTrail in DBArtisan
MySQL Workbench	ODBC	Query ActiveTrail in MySQL Workbench (ODBC)

Workflow Automation

Product	Technology	Article Title
MuleSoft Anypoint	JDBC	Access ActiveTrail in Anypoint Using SQL
Blue Prism	ODBC	Integrate Live ActiveTrail Data for Intelligent Robotic Process Automation
SSIS Import	SSIS	Import ActiveTrail Data into SQL Server using SSIS

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