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Automated Continuous Exact Online Replication to SQL Server
Use CData Sync for automated, continuous, customizable Exact Online replication to SQL Server.
Always-on applications rely on automatic failover capabilities and real-time data access. CData Sync integrates live Exact Online data into your SQL Server instance, allowing you to consolidate all of your data into a single location for archiving, reporting, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and more.
Configure SQL Server as a Replication Destination
Using CData Sync, you can replicate Exact Online data to SQL Server. To add a replication destination, navigate to the Connections tab.
- Click Add Connection.
- Select the Destinations tab and locate the SQL Server connector.
- Click the Configure Connection icon at the end of that row to open the New Connection page. If the Configure Connection icon is not available, click the Download Connector icon to install the SQL Server connector. For more information about installing new connectors, see Connections in the Help documentation.
- To connect to SQL Server, set the following connection properties:
- Connection Name: Enter a connection name of your choice for the SQL Server connection.
- Server: Enter the name or network address of the computer running SQL Server.
- Port: Enter the port used to connect to the server hosting the SQL Server database.
- Database: Enter the name of the SQL Server database.
- User: Enter the username provided for authentication with SQL Server, if using forms authentication.
- Password: Enter the password provided for authentication with SQL Server, if using forms authentication.
Java Edition
The Java version requires the Microsoft SQL Server JDBC driver, which can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center. Copy the JDBC driver to the lib folder of your Java Web server to make a connection.
- Once connected, click Create & Test to create, test and save the connection.
You are now connected to SQL Server and can use it as both a source and a destination.
NOTE: You can use the Label feature to add a label for a source or a destination.
In this article, we will demonstrate how to load Exact Online data into SQL Server and utilize it as a destination.
Configure the Exact Online Connection
You can configure a connection to Exact Online from the Connections tab. To add a connection to your Exact Online account, navigate to the Connections tab.
- Click Add Connection.
- Select a source (Exact Online).
- Configure the connection properties.
Exact Online uses the OAuth authentication standard. You can use the embedded OAuth credentials or you can register an OAuth app with Exact to obtain your own. In addition to the OAuth values, provide the Region. If Division is not set, the default Division is determined.
See the "Getting Started" chapter of the help documentation for more information.
- Click Connect to Exact Online to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
- Click Save & Test to save the changes.
Configure Replication Queries
CData Sync enables you to control replication with a point-and-click interface and with SQL queries. For each replication you wish to configure, navigate to the Jobs tab and click Add Job. Select the Source and Destination for your replication.
Replicate Entire Tables
To replicate an entire table, navigate to the Task tab in the Job, click Add Tasks, choose the table(s) from the list of Exact Online tables you wish to replicate into SQL Server, and click Add Tasks again.
Customize Your Replication
You can use the Columns and Query tabs of a task to customize your replication. The Columns tab allows you to specify which columns to replicate, rename the columns at the destination, and even perform operations on the source data before replicating. The Query tab allows you to add filters, grouping, and sorting to the replication with the help of SQL queries.
Schedule Your Replication
Select the Overview tab in the Job, and click Configure under Schedule. You can schedule a job to run automatically by configuring it to run at specified intervals, ranging from once every 10 minutes to once every month.
Once you have configured the replication job, click Save Changes. You can configure any number of jobs to manage the replication of your Exact Online data to SQL Server.
Run the Replication Job
Once all the required configurations are made for the job, select the Exact Online table you wish to replicate and click Run. After the replication completes successfully, a notification appears, showing the time taken to run the job and the number of rows replicated.
Free Trial & More Information
Now that you have seen how to replicate Exact Online data into SQL Server, visit our CData Sync page to explore more about CData Sync and download a free 30-day trial. Start consolidating your enterprise data today!
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