Connect to Adobe Experience Manager Data in DBArtisan

The CData ODBC Driver for Adobe Experience Manager seamlessly integrates Adobe Experience Manager data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Adobe Experience Manager data as a database. This article shows how to create an data source for Adobe Experience Manager in DBArtisan and execute queries. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.

Integrate Adobe Experience Manager Data into DBArtisan Projects

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.

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.

You can then follow the steps below to register Adobe Experience Manager data as a database instance in your project:

1. In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
2. Select Generic ODBC.
3. Enter a name for the data source and select the DSN.
4. Finish the wizard to connect to Adobe Experience Manager data. Adobe Experience Manager entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.

You can now work with Adobe Experience Manager data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Adobe Experience Manager API.