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Connect to Dynamics 365 from Asprova with CData ODBC Driver for Dynamics 365


This article shows how to connect faster to Dynamics 365 data from Asprova.

The CData ODBC Driver for Dynamics 365 enables you to access Dynamics 365 data from Asprova. In this article, you will import Dynamics 365 data into item data in Asprova as an example.

About Dynamics 365 Data Integration

CData simplifies access and integration of live Microsoft Dynamics 365 data. Our customers leverage CData connectivity to:

  • Read and write data in the full Dynamics 365 ecosystem: Sales, Customer Service, Finance & Operations, Marketing, and more.
  • Extend the native features of Dynamics CRM with customizable caching and intelligent query aggregation and separation.
  • Authenticate securely with Dynamics 365 in a variety of ways, including Azure Active Directory, Azure Managed Service Identity credentials, and Azure Service Principal using either a client secret or a certificate.
  • Use SQL stored procedures to manage their Dynamics 365 entities - listing, creating, and removing associations between entities.

CData customers use our Dynamics 365 connectivity solutions for a variety of reasons, whether they're looking to replicate their data into a data warehouse (alongside other data sources)or analyze live Dynamics 365 data from their preferred data tools inside the Microsoft ecosystem (Power BI, Excel, etc.) or with external tools (Tableau, Looker, etc.).


Getting Started


Asprova setting

  1. Click File -> Data I/O Settings.

  2. Double click the header of Item and open the Edit I/O dialog.

  3. Select "No" from the RDB transaction combo box and close the dialog.

Data driver setting

  1. Select "OLE DB" from combo box in "Data source" column.

  2. Click button in Folder/database column and open the Data Link Property dialog. Select "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers" from the list of data provider.

  3. Select the Connection tab. Check "Use data source name" and select "CData Dynamics 365 Source" from DSN combo box.

  4. Click the Test Connection button and make sure you see the message "Connection successful".

Schema setting

  1. Click the button in "External table name" column and open the Table List dialog. Make sure tables in Dynamics 365 are listed in the dialog.

  2. Click the button in "Field mapping" column and open the Item-Field Mapping dialog.

  3. Open the context menu in the space between tables and click Delete All. Link corresponding fields by dragging mouse.

  4. Click File > Import and data will be imported into Asprova.

Check data

Click Table View > Item. Be sure you can see the item data stored in Dynamics 365.

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The Dynamics 365 ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Dynamics 365, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access Dynamics 365 data like you would a database - read, write, and update Dynamics 365 Leads, Contacts, Opportunities, Accounts, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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