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Analyze BigCommerce Data in Infragistics Reveal



Use CData Connect Cloud to create on OData API on top of BigCommerce data and visualize live BigCommerce data in Infragistics Reveal.

Reveal, an offering from Infragistics, serves as a data visualization tool that seamlessly integrates with CData Connect Cloud. Together, they empower users to deliver dynamic dashboards using real-time data from a diverse range of data sources, including BigCommerce data. In this article, we will guide you through the process of connecting to BigCommerce via Connect Cloud and subsequently linking Connect Cloud with Infragistics Reveal to construct a straightforward dashboard.

Connect to BigCommerce from Infragistics Reveal

To work with live BigCommerce data in Infragistics Reveal, we need to connect to BigCommerce from Connect Cloud, provide user access to the connection, and create OData endpoints for the BigCommerce data.

(Optional) Add a New Connect Cloud User

As needed, create Users to connect to BigCommerce through Connect Cloud.

  1. Navigate to the Users page and click Invite Users
  2. Enter the new user's email address and click Send to invite the user
  3. You can review and edit users from the Users page

Add a Personal Access Token

If you are connecting from a service, application, platform, or framework that does not support OAuth authentication, you can create a Personal Access Token (PAT) to use for authentication. Best practices would dictate that you create a separate PAT for each service, to maintain granularity of access.

  1. Click on your username at the top right of the Connect Cloud app and click User Profile.
  2. Oa the User Profile page, scroll down to the Personal Access Tokens section and click Create PAT.
  3. Give your PAT a name and click Create.
  4. The personal access token is only visible at creation, so be sure to copy it and store it securely for future use.

Connect to BigCommerce from Connect Cloud

CData Connect Cloud uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources.

  1. Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
  2. Select "BigCommerce" from the Add Connection panel
  3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to BigCommerce.

    BigCommerce authentication is based on the standard OAuth flow. To authenticate, you must initially create an app via the Big Commerce developer platform where you can obtain an OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL. These three parameters will be set as connection properties to your driver.

    Additionally, in order to connect to your BigCommerce Store, you will need your StoreId. To find your Store Id please follow these steps:

    1. Log in to your BigCommerce account.
    2. From the Home Page, select Advanced Settings > API Accounts.
    3. Click Create API Account.
    4. A text box named API Path will appear on your screen.
    5. Inside you can see a URL of the following structure: https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/{Store Id}/v3.
    6. As demonstrated above, your Store Id will be between the 'stores/' and '/v3' path paramters.
    7. Once you have retrieved your Store Id you can either click Cancel or proceed in creating an API Account in case you do not have one already.
  4. Click Create & Test
  5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add BigCommerce Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

Add BigCommerce OData Endpoints in Connect Cloud

After connecting to BigCommerce, create OData Endpoints for the desired table(s).

  1. Navigate to the OData page and click Add to create new OData endpoints
  2. Select the BigCommerce connection (e.g. BigCommerce1) and click Next
  3. Select the table(s) you wish to work with and click Confirm

With the connection and OData endpoints configured, you are ready to connect to BigCommerce data from Infragistics Reveal.

Create a Dashboard in Reveal

With Connect Cloud configured, we can visualize BigCommerce data in Reveal.

  1. Log into Reveal and click Dashboards -> New
  2. Click Data Sources -> OData Feed
  3. Specify the Connect Cloud OData API endpoint URL (found on the OData page): https://cloud.cdata.com/api/odata/service
  4. Select Generic Credentials and
    • Set Username to a Connect Cloud username (e.g. user@mydomain.com)
    • Set Password to the PAT for the user
  5. Select the entity you wish to visualize
  6. Select fields and choose a chart type

More Information & Free Trial

At this point, you have created a simple dashboard from live BigCommerce data. For more information on creating OData feeds from BigCommerce (and more than 100 other sources), visit the Connect Cloud page. Sign up for a free trial and start working live BigCommerce data in tools that consume OData APIs.