Use the CData ODBC Driver for Adobe Commerce in SAS JMP



You can use the CData ODBC Driver to integrate Adobe Commerce data into the statistical analysis tools available in SAS JMP. This article shows how to use Adobe Commerce data in the Graph Builder and Query Builder.

You can use the CData ODBC Driver for Adobe Commerce to integrate live data into your statistical analysis with SAS JMP. The driver proxies your queries directly to the Adobe Commerce API, ensuring that your analysis reflects any changes to the data. The CData ODBC Driver supports the standard SQL used by JMP in the background as you design reports.

The Adobe Commerce API supports bidirectional access. This article shows how to access Adobe Commerce data into a report and create data visualization. It also shows how to use SQL to query and manipulate Adobe Commerce data from the JMP Query Builder.

Access Adobe Commerce Data as an ODBC Data Source

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.

Adobe Commerce uses the OAuth 1 authentication standard. To connect to the Adobe Commerce REST API, you will need to obtain values for the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL connection properties by registering an app with your Adobe Commerce system. See the "Getting Started" section in the help documentation for a guide to obtaining the OAuth values and connecting.

You will also need to provide the URL to your Adobe Commerce system. The URL depends on whether you are using the Adobe Commerce REST API as a customer or administrator.

  • Customer: To use Adobe Commerce as a customer, make sure you have created a customer account in the Adobe Commerce homepage. To do so, click Account -> Register. You can then set the URL connection property to the endpoint of your Adobe Commerce system.

  • Administrator: To access Adobe Commerce as an administrator, set CustomAdminPath instead. This value can be obtained in the Advanced settings in the Admin menu, which can be accessed by selecting System -> Configuration -> Advanced -> Admin -> Admin Base URL.

    If the Use Custom Admin Path setting on this page is set to YES, the value is inside the Custom Admin Path text box; otherwise, set the CustomAdminPath connection property to the default value, which is "admin".

When you configure the DSN, you may also want to set the Max Rows connection property. This will limit the number of rows returned, which is especially helpful for improving performance when designing reports and visualizations.

Import Adobe Commerce Data with the Query Builder

After you have created the Adobe Commerce DSN, you can use SQL to invoke the capabilities of the Adobe Commerce API. Follow the steps below to execute some supported queries in the Query Builder:

  1. In SAS JMP, click File -> Database -> Query Builder. The Select Database Connection dialog is displayed.
  2. Click New Connection.
  3. On the Machine Data Source tab, select the ODBC DSN you configured and then click Next.
  4. The Select Tables for Query dialog is displayed and in the Available Tables section, select a table and click Primary. After choosing the primary table, click Build Query to open the Query Builder.
  5. As you drag Available Columns to the Included Columns tab, the underlying SQL query is updated and you can view the generated SQL Query in the SQL tab.
  6. Click Run Query to display the data.
  7. To refresh the results with the current data, right-click Update from Database and click Run Script.

Manipulate Adobe Commerce Data

You can execute data manipulation queries from JSL scripts such as the one below. To execute a script, click New Script in the toolbar. To connect, specify the DSN. You can then use the standard SQL syntax:

Open Database( "DSN=CData Adobe Commerce Source;", "INSERT INTO Products (Style) VALUES ('High Tech');");

Visualize Adobe Commerce Data

After importing, you can use the Graph Builder to create graphs visually. To open the Graph Builder, click the Graph Builder button in the toolbar.

  1. Drag a dimension column onto the x axis. For example, Name.
  2. Drag a measure column onto the y axis. For example, Price.
  3. Select a chart type. For example, a bar chart.

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

Access Adobe Commerce like you would a database - read, write, and update Customers, Inventory, Products, Orders, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.