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Use CData ODBC drivers to import and use Bullhorn CRM data in ColdFusion.
Adobe ColdFusion is a web and mobile application development platform. It uses its own scripting language, ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML), to create data-driven websites as well as generate remote services, such as REST. When ColdFusion is paired with the CData ODBC Driver for Bullhorn CRM, you can link your ColdFusion web and mobile applications to operational Bullhorn CRM data. This allows for your applications to be more robust and complete. This article details how to use the ODBC driver to create a table populated with Bullhorn CRM data from within a ColdFusion markup file.
To follow along with this tutorial, you need to install the CData ODBC Driver for Bullhorn CRM and Adobe ColdFusion.
Configuring the Connection
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 process. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.
Begin by providing your Bullhorn CRM account credentials in the following:
- DataCenterCode: Set this to the data center code which responds to your data center. Refer to the list of data-center-specific Bullhorn API URLs: https://bullhorn.github.io/Data-Center-URLs/
If you are uncertain about your data center code, codes like CLS2, CLS21, etc. are cluster IDs that are contained in a user's browser URL (address bar) once they are logged in.
Example: https://cls21.bullhornstaffing.com/BullhornSTAFFING/MainFrame.jsp?#no-ba... indicates that the logged in user is on CLS21.
Authenticating with OAuth
Bullhorn CRM uses the OAuth 2.0 authentication standard. To authenticate using OAuth, create and configure a custom OAuth app. See the Help documentation for more information.
Adding a Data Source and Creating a Table
After creating a DSN, follow the steps below to add a new data source, test our connection to it, create a ColdFusion markup file, and, finally, import Bullhorn CRM Bullhorn CRM data and display it in a table in ColdFusion:
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From the ColdFusion administrator interface, choose Data & Services.
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Here, click "Add New Data Source". The data source name can be any name, provided it conforms to the ColdFusion
variable naming conventions. For our ODBC driver, choose "ODBC Socket", then click the "Add" button.
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From the ODBC DSN Dropdown menu select CData Bullhorn CRM Sys. Under the Advanced Settings section, leave the
Connection String blank. Note that any properties specified in this input field will override the ones specified in the
DSN Configuration.
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Now, test the connection by pressing the check mark to the left of the CDataBullhorn CRMODBC data source you just created.
When the data source reports an "OK" status, it is ready for use.
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Next, create a new ColdFusion Markup file (.cfm) and place it in the wwwroot directory ("C:\ColdFusion2021\cfusion\wwwroot")
for ColdFusion.
The following code queries the data source:
<cfquery name="Bullhorn CRMQuery" dataSource="CDataBullhorn CRMODBC"> SELECT * FROM Candidate </cfquery>
And a CFTable can be used to quickly output the table in HTML:<cftable query = "Bullhorn CRMQuery" border = "1" colHeaders colSpacing = "2" headerLines = "2" HTMLTable maxRows = "500" startRow = "1"> <cfcol header="<b>Id</b>" align="Left" width=2 text="Id"/> <cfcol header="<b>CandidateName</b>" align="Left" width=15 text="CandidateName"/> ... </cftable>
Full code, including the HTML portion is available below:<html> <head><title>CData Software | Bullhorn CRM Candidate Table Demo </title></head> <body> <cfoutput>#ucase("Bullhorn CRM Candidate Table Demo")#</cfoutput> <cfquery name="Bullhorn CRMQuery" dataSource="CDataBullhorn CRMODBC"> SELECT * FROM Candidate </cfquery> <cftable query = "Bullhorn CRMQuery" border = "1" colHeaders colSpacing = "2" headerLines = "2" HTMLTable maxRows = "500" startRow = "1"> <cfcol header="<b>Id</b>" align="Left" width=2 text="Id"/> <cfcol header="<b>CandidateName</b>" align="Left" width=15 text="CandidateName"/> ... </cftable> </body> </html>
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Finally, run the code in a browser. It produces a table populated with Bullhorn CRM data!
As a note, the CData ODBC Drivers also support parameterized queries using the cfqueryparam element.
For example:
SELECT * FROM Account WHERE name =
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