Analyze JDBC-ODBC Bridge Data in Infragistics Reveal

Reveal is a data visualization solution provided by Infragistics and can be paired with the CData API Server to build dynamic dashboards from live JDBC-ODBC Bridge data. The CData API Server generates an OData API for JDBC-ODBC Bridge, which is natively consumable in Reveal. In this article, we walk through connecting to JDBC-ODBC Bridge in API Server and connecting to the API Server from Infragistics Reveal to create a simple dashboard.

Connect to JDBC-ODBC Bridge from API Server

CData API Server uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources and generate APIs.

1. Open API Server and click Settings -> Connection -> Add Connection
2. Select "JDBC-ODBC Bridge"
3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to JDBC-ODBC Bridge. To connect to an ODBC data source, specify either the DSN (data source name) or specify an ODBC connection string: Set Driver and the connection properties for your ODBC driver.

Add JDBC-ODBC Bridge Resource Definitions in API Server

After connecting to JDBC-ODBC Bridge, create Resources, which represent API endpoints for JDBC-ODBC Bridge data.

1. Click Settings -> Resources -> Add Resource
2. Select the JDBC-ODBC Bridge connection
3. Select the table you wish to retrieve and click Next
4. (Optional) Edit the resource to select specific fields and more
5. Save the settings

Add an API Server User

Create a User to connect to JDBC-ODBC Bridge from Reveal through API Server.

1. Click Settings -> Users
2. Click Add
3. Configure a User with access to the JDBC-ODBC Bridge Connection and Resource(s)

(Optional) Configure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)

When accessing and connecting to multiple different domains from an application such as Ajax, there is a possibility of violating the limitations of cross-site scripting. In that case, configure the CORS settings in Settings -> Server.

• Enable cross-origin resource sharing (CORS): ON
• Allow all domains without '*': ON
• Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, PUT, POST, OPTIONS
• Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization

Save the changes to the settings.

Create a Dashboard in Reveal

With the API Server configured, we can visualize JDBC-ODBC Bridge data in Reveal.

1. Log into Reveal and click Dashboards -> New
2. Click Data Source -> OData Feed
3. Specify the API Server API endpoint URL, for example: https://serverurl/api.rsc
4. Select Generic Credentials and specify the API Server username and authentication token
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 JDBC-ODBC Bridge data. For more information on creating OData feeds from JDBC-ODBC Bridge (and more than 150 other sources), visit the API Server page. Download a free, 30-day trial and start working live JDBC-ODBC Bridge data in tools that consume OData APIs.