Use the CData ODBC Driver for Auth0 in Microsoft Power Query

Jerod Johnson
Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism
You can use the CData Auth0 ODBC Driver with Microsoft Power Query. In this article, you will use the ODBC driver to import Auth0 data into Microsoft Power Query.

The CData ODBC Driver for Auth0 enables you to link to Auth0 data in Microsoft Power Query, ensuring that you see any updates. This article details how to use the ODBC driver to import Auth0 data into Microsoft Power Query.

Connect to Auth0 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.

Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Auth0 Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Auth0.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Auth0 (see below).

Auth0 API Profile Settings

Create a Machine to Machine application in your Auth0 Dashboard under Applications, then authorize it for the Auth0 Management API with the required scopes.

Import Auth0 Data

Follow the steps below to import Auth0 data using standard SQL:

  1. From the ribbon in Excel, click Power Query -> From Other Data Sources -> From ODBC.

  2. Enter the ODBC connection string. Below is a connection string using the default DSN created when you install the driver:
    Provider=MSDASQL.1;Persist Security Info=False;DSN=CData API Source
  3. Enter the SELECT statement to import data with. For example:

        SELECT Id, TriggerId FROM ActionBindings WHERE DisplayName = 'my-action-binding'
        
  4. Enter credentials, if required, and click Connect. The results of the query are displayed in the Query Editor Preview. You can combine queries from other data sources or refine the data with Power Query formulas. To load the query to the worksheet, click the Close and Load button.

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Connect to live data from Auth0 with the API Driver

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