BugHerd Reporting and Star Schemas in OBIEE

The CData ODBC Driver for BugHerd is a standard database driver that can integrate real-time access to BugHerd data into your data warehouse or directly into your reporting tool. This article shows how to bypass the data warehouse and import operational BugHerd data into Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE).

See the knowledge base for ODBC integrations with ETL tools like Informatica PowerCenter. For an ETL solution into Oracle Warehouse Builder, use the driver with the Oracle ODBC Gateway to Access BugHerd Data as a Remote Oracle Database.

Connect to BugHerd 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 BugHerd Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\BugHerd.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for BugHerd (see below).

BugHerd API Profile Settings

BugHerd uses HTTP Basic authentication with an API key as the username. To obtain an API key:

1. Sign in to your BugHerd account at https://www.bugherd.com
2. Navigate to Settings > General Settings
3. Locate the API Key section and copy the generated key

After obtaining your API key, set the following connection properties:

• AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.

Set the following in the ProfileSettings connection property:

• APIKey: Set this to your BugHerd API key. The driver uses the key as the Basic auth username and sets the password internally to the literal value 'x' as required by BugHerd.

When you configure the DSN, you may also want to set the Max Rows connection property. This will limit the number of rows returned, which is especially helpful for improving performance when designing reports and visualizations.

Import BugHerd Metadata

Follow the steps below to use the OBIEE Client Tools to import BugHerd metadata into an OBIEE repository. You can then integrate BugHerd data into your business models.

1. Open the Administration Tool and click File -> New Repository.

2. In the Connection Type menu, select ODBC 3.5 and select the CData DSN.
3. Select the metadata types you want to import under the Relational Sources option and then select BugHerd tables.