Connect to Adobe Experience Manager Data in RazorSQL

Jerod Johnson
Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism
Connect to Adobe Experience Manager from wizards and query Adobe Experience Manager data from the GUI in the RazorSQL database management tool.

The CData JDBC Driver for Adobe Experience Manager enables standards-based access from third-party tools, from wizards in IDEs to data management and analysis tools. This article shows how to connect to Adobe Experience Manager using wizards in RazorSQL.

Create a JDBC Data Source for Adobe Experience Manager Data

  1. Open the RazorSQL application and, in the Connections menu, select Add Connection Profile -> Other -> JDBC.
  2. In the Connection Wizard that appears, set the following properties:
    • Driver Location: Set this property to the path to the lib subfolder in the installation directory.
    • Driver Class: Set the driver class to cdata.jdbc.adobeexperiencemanager.AdobeExperienceManagerDriver.
    • Username: Enter the username. (This property can also be set in the JDBC URL.)
    • Password: Enter the password. (This property can also be set in the JDBC URL.)
    • JDBC URL: Enter connection parameters. The JDBC URL begins with jdbc:adobeexperiencemanager: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.

      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.

      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.

      A typical JDBC URL is the following:

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

Query Adobe Experience Manager Data and Select Tables

After establishing a connection, the wizard will close and the connection will be available in the connections panel. You can then query the tables.

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