How to Query Oracle Eloqua Reporting Data in MySQL Workbench

You can use the SQL Gateway from the ODBC Driver for Oracle Eloqua Reporting to query Oracle Eloqua Reporting data through a MySQL interface. Follow the procedure below to start the MySQL remoting service of the SQL Gateway and work with live Oracle Eloqua Reporting data in MySQL Workbench.

Connect to Oracle Eloqua Reporting 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.

Oracle Eloqua Reporting supports the following authentication methods:

• Basic authentication (User and Password)
• OAuth 2.0 code grant flow
• OAuth 2.0 password grant flow

Basic Authentication (User and Password)

To perform authentication with a user and password, specify these properties:

• AuthScheme: Basic.
• Company: The company name associated with your Oracle Eloqua Reporting account.
• User: Your login account name.
• Password: Your login password.

OAuth Authentication (Code Grant Flow)

To authenticate with the OAuth code grant flow, you must set AuthScheme to OAuth and create a custom OAuth application. For information about how to create a custom OAuth application, see the Help documentation.

Then set the following properties:

• InitiateOAuth: GETANDREFRESH. Used to automatically get and refresh the OAuthAccessToken.
• OAuthClientId: The client Id assigned when you registered your application.
• OAuthClientSecret: The client secret that was assigned when you registered your application.
• CallbackURL: The redirect URI that was defined when you registered your application.

When you connect, the driver opens Oracle Eloqua Reporting's OAuth endpoint in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions to the application. When the access token expires, the driver refreshes it automatically.

OAuth Authentication (Password Grant Flow)

With the OAuth password grant flow, you can use your OAuth application's credentials alongside your user credentials to authenticate without the need to grant permission manually via a browser prompt. You must create an OAuth app (see the Help documentation) to use this authentication method.

Set the following properties:

• AuthScheme: OAuthPassword
• Company: The company's unique identifier.
• User: Your login account name.
• Password: Your login password.
• OAuthClientId: The client Id assigned when you registered your custom OAuth application.
• OAuthClientSecret: The client secret assigned when you registered your custom OAuth application.

Configure the SQL Gateway

See the SQL Gateway Overview to set up connectivity to Oracle Eloqua Reporting 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 Oracle Eloqua Reporting from MySQL Workbench

The steps below outline connecting to the virtual Oracle Eloqua Reporting database created in the SQL Gateway from MySQL Workbench and issuing basic queries to work with live Oracle Eloqua Reporting data.

Connect to Oracle Eloqua Reporting through the SQL Gateway

1. In MySQL Workbench, click to add a new MySQL connection.
2. Name the connection (CData SQL Gateway for Oracle Eloqua Reporting).
3. Set the Hostname, Port, and Username parameters to connect to the SQL Gateway.
4. Click Store in Vault to set and store the password.
5. 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 Oracle Eloqua Reporting Data

1. Open the connection you just created (CData SQL Gateway for Oracle Eloqua Reporting).
2. Click File -> New Query Tab.
3. Write a SQL query to retrieve Oracle Eloqua Reporting data, like SELECT * FROM `CData OracleEloquaReporting Sys`.;

With access to live Oracle Eloqua Reporting data from MySQL Workbench, you can easily work with Oracle Eloqua Reporting, just like you would a MySQL database. Get started now with a free, 30-day trial of the CData ODBC Driver for Oracle Eloqua Reporting and the CData SQL Gateway.