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Execute MySQL queries against live Cvent data from MySQL Workbench.
You can use the SQL Gateway from the ODBC Driver for Cvent to query Cvent data through a MySQL interface. Follow the procedure below to start the MySQL remoting service of the SQL Gateway and work with live Cvent data in MySQL Workbench.
Connect to Cvent Data
If you have not already done so, provide values for the required connection properties in the data source name (DSN). You can use the built-in Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to configure the DSN. This is also the last step of the driver installation. See the "Getting Started" chapter in the help documentation for a guide to using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure a DSN.
Before you can authenticate to Cvent, you must create a workspace and an OAuth application.
Creating a Workspace
To create a workspace:
- Sign into Cvent and navigate to App Switcher (the blue button in the upper right corner of the page) >> Admin.
- In the Admin menu, navigate to Integrations >> REST API.
- A new tab launches for Developer Management. Click on Manage API Access in the new tab.
- Create a Workspace and name it. Select the scopes you would like your developers to have access to. Scopes control what data domains the developer can access.
- Choose All to allow developers to choose any scope, and any future scopes added to the REST API.
- Choose Custom to limit the scopes developers can choose for their OAuth apps to selected scopes. To access all tables exposed by the driver, you need to set the following scopes:
event/attendees:read event/attendees:write event/contacts:read event/contacts:write event/custom-fields:read event/custom-fields:write event/events:read event/events:write event/sessions:delete event/sessions:read event/sessions:write event/speakers:delete event/speakers:read event/speakers:write budget/budget-items:read budget/budget-items:write exhibitor/exhibitors:read exhibitor/exhibitors:write survey/surveys:read survey/surveys:write
Creating an OAuth Application
After you have set up a Workspace and invited them, developers can sign up and create a custom OAuth app. See the Creating a Custom OAuth Application section in the Help documentation for more information.
Connecting to Cvent
After creating an OAuth application, set the following connection properties to connect to Cvent:
- InitiateOAuth: GETANDREFRESH. Used to automatically get and refresh the OAuthAccessToken.
- OAuthClientId: The Client ID associated with the OAuth application. You can find this on the Applications page in the Cvent Developer Portal.
- OAuthClientSecret: The Client secret associated with the OAuth application. You can find this on the Applications page in the Cvent Developer Portal.
Configure the SQL Gateway
See the SQL Gateway Overview to set up connectivity to Cvent data as a virtual MySQL database. You will configure a MySQL remoting service that listens for MySQL requests from clients. The service can be configured in the SQL Gateway UI.
Query Cvent from MySQL Workbench
The steps below outline connecting to the virtual Cvent database created in the SQL Gateway from MySQL Workbench and issuing basic queries to work with live Cvent data.
Connect to Cvent through the SQL Gateway
- In MySQL Workbench, click to add a new MySQL connection.
- Name the connection (CData SQL Gateway for Cvent).
- Set the Hostname, Port, and Username parameters to connect to the SQL Gateway.
- Click Store in Vault to set and store the password.
- Click Test Connection to ensure the connection is configured properly and click OK.
NOTE: When we refer to Username and Password, we mean the credentials for the user(s) created for the SQL Gateway.
Query Cvent Data
- Open the connection you just created (CData SQL Gateway for Cvent).
- Click File -> New Query Tab.
- Write a SQL query to retrieve Cvent data, like SELECT * FROM `CData Cvent Sys`.Events;
With access to live Cvent data from MySQL Workbench, you can easily query and update Cvent, just like you would a MySQL database. Get started now with a free, 30-day trial of the CData ODBC Driver for Cvent and the CData SQL Gateway.