Manage Dotmailer Data in DBArtisan as a JDBC Source

The CData JDBC Driver for Dotmailer seamlessly integrates Dotmailer data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Dotmailer data as a database. This article shows how to create a JDBC source for Dotmailer in DBArtisan. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.

Integrate Dotmailer Data into DBArtisan Projects

Follow the steps below to register Dotmailer data as a database instance in your project:

1. In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
2. Select Generic JDBC.
3. Click Manage.
4. In the resulting dialog, click New. Enter a name for the driver and click Add. In the resulting dialog, navigate to the driver JAR. The driver JAR is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
5. In the Connection URL box, enter credentials and other required connection properties in the JDBC URL.

   Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Dotmailer Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Dotmailer.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Dotmailer (see below).

   Dotmailer API Profile Settings

   Create an API user in the Dotdigital platform under Setup > Access > API Users > New User. Your RegionId can be found in your account URL (e.g.,

   r1

   from

   r1.dotdigitalgroup.com

   ).

   Built-in Connection String Designer

   For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Dotmailer JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

   java -jar cdata.jdbc.api.jar
   

   Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

   

   Below is a typical connection string:

   jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\Dotmailer.apip;ProfileSettings='User=your_api_username;Password=your_api_password;RegionId=your_region_id';

6. Finish the wizard to connect to Dotmailer data. Dotmailer entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.

You can now work with Dotmailer data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Dotmailer API.