Automate Elorus Integration Tasks from PowerShell

The CData API Driver for ADO.NET is a standard ADO.NET Provider that make it easy to accomplish data cleansing, normalization, backup, and other integration tasks by enabling real-time access to Elorus.

ADO.NET Provider

The ADO.NET Provider provides a SQL interface for Elorus; this tutorial shows how to use the Provider to retrieve Elorus data.

Once you have acquired the necessary connection properties, accessing Elorus data in PowerShell can be enabled in three steps.

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

Elorus API Profile Settings

Obtain your API Key from your User Profile in the top-right corner of Elorus. Find your Organization ID under Settings > Organization.

1. Load the provider's assembly:

   [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\Program Files\CData\CData API Driver for ADO.NET\lib\System.Data.CData.API.dll")
       

2. Connect to Elorus:

    
   $conn= New-Object System.Data.CData.API.APIConnection("Profile=C:\profiles\Elorus.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_api_key;OrganizationId=your_org_id';")
   $conn.Open()
   

3. Instantiate the APIDataAdapter, execute an SQL query, and output the results:

   $sql="SELECT BillId, Id from BillAttachments"
   
   $da= New-Object System.Data.CData.API.APIDataAdapter($sql, $conn)
   $dt= New-Object System.Data.DataTable
   $da.Fill($dt)
   
   $dt.Rows | foreach {
   	Write-Host $_.billid $_.id
   }