Connect to Adobe Experience Manager Data in the Denodo Platform

Denodo Platform is a data virtualization product providing a single point of contact for enterprise database data. When paired with the CData JDBC Driver for Adobe Experience Manager, Denodo users can work with live Adobe Experience Manager data alongside other enterprise data sources. This article walks through creating a virtual data source for Adobe Experience Manager in the Denodo Virtual DataPort Administrator.

With built-in optimized data processing, the CData JDBC Driver offers unmatched performance for interacting with live Adobe Experience Manager data. When you issue complex SQL queries to Adobe Experience Manager, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Adobe Experience Manager and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (often SQL functions and JOIN operations). Its built-in dynamic metadata querying allows you to work with and analyze Adobe Experience Manager data using native data types.

Create the Adobe Experience Manager Virtual Port

To connect to live Adobe Experience Manager data from Denodo, you need to copy the JDBC Driver JAR file to the external library directory for Denodo and create a new JDBC Data Source from the Virtual DataPort Administrator tool.

1. Download the CData JDBC Driver for Adobe Experience Manager installer, unzip the package, and run the JAR file to install the driver.
2. Copy the JAR File (and license file if it exists) from the installation location (typically C:\Program Files\CData\CData JDBC Driver for Adobe Experience Manager\lib\) to the Denodo external library directory (C:\Denodo\Denodo Platform\lib-external\jdbc-drivers\cdata-adobeexperiencemanager-19).
3. Open the Denodo Virtual DataPort Administrator tool and navigate to the Server Explorer tab.
4. Right-click "admin" and select New -> Data source -> JDBC.
5. Configure the JDBC Connection:
   • Name: your choice, e.g.: adobeexperiencemanager
   • Database adapter: Generic
   • Driver class path: C:\Denodo\Denodo Platform\lib-external\jdbc-drivers\cdata-adobeexperiencemanager-19
   • Driver class: cdata.jdbc.adobeexperiencemanager.AdobeExperienceManagerDriver

   • Database URI: Set this to a JDBC URL using the necessary connection properties. For example,

     jdbc:adobeexperiencemanager:URL=https://author-p12345-e67890.adobeaemcloud.com/crx/server;User=admin;Password=admin;

     

     Information on creating the Database URI follows:

     Built-In Connection String Designer

     For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Adobe Experience Manager JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

     	java -jar cdata.jdbc.adobeexperiencemanager.jar
     	

     Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

     The driver connects to Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) instances that expose the JCR repository over WebDAV. It supports both on-premises AEM and AEM as a Cloud Service deployments.

     To establish a connection, set the following properties:

     • URL: The WebDAV-enabled JCR server URL.
       • AEM as a Cloud Service: https://author-pXXXXX-eXXXXX.adobeaemcloud.com/crx/server
       • Local development: http://localhost:4502/crx/server
     • User: Your AEM username.
     • Password: Your AEM password.

     Note: Tables are dynamically generated based on the JCR repository structure. Ensure that the configured user has sufficient permissions to access the required content paths in the AEM repository.

     
6. Click the "Test connection" button to confirm the configuration and click Save.

View Adobe Experience Manager Data in the VirtualPort Administrator Tool

After creating the data source, you can create a base view of Adobe Experience Manager data for use in the Denodo Platform.

1. Click the "Create base view" button in the newly created VirtualPort (admin.AdobeExperienceManager).
2. Expand the object tree and select the objects (tables) you wish to import.
3. Click the "Create selected" button to create views of the Adobe Experience Manager data.
   Optional: Click "Create associations from foreign keys" to define relationships between the objects.
4. With the view(s) created, navigate to a table (cdata_adobeexperiencemanager_content) in the Server Explorer and double-click the selected table.
5. In the new tab, click "Execution panel" to open a query panel.
6. Customize the query in the "Execute" tab or use the default:

   SELECT * FROM cdata_adobeexperiencemanager_content CONTEXT ('i18n'='us_est', 'cache_wait_for_load'='true')
   

   
7. Click Execute to view the data.

With the base view created, you can now work with live Adobe Experience Manager data like you would any other data source in Denodo Platform, for example, querying Adobe Experience Manager in the Denodo Data Catalog.

Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for Adobe Experience Manager and start working with your live Adobe Experience Manager data in Denodo Platform. Reach out to our Support Team if you have any questions.