The CData ADO.NET providers are easy-to-use, standards-based controls that can be used
from any platform or development technology that supports Microsoft .NET, including
PowerBuilder. This article shows how to use the CData ADO.NET Provider for Google Analytics
in PowerBuilder.
This article shows how to create a basic PowerBuilder application that uses the CData ADO.NET Provider for Google Analytics to retrieve data.
- In a new WPF Window Application solution, add all the Visual Controls needed for the connection properties. Below is a typical connection string:
Profile=MyProfile;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH
Google uses the OAuth authentication standard. To access Google APIs on behalf on individual users, you can use the embedded credentials or you can register your own OAuth app.
OAuth also enables you to use a service account to connect on behalf of users in a Google Apps domain. To authenticate with a service account, you will need to register an application to obtain the OAuth JWT values.
In addition to the OAuth values, set Profile to the profile you want to connect to.
This can be set to either the Id or website URL for the Profile. If not specified, the first Profile returned will be used.
- Add the DataGrid control from the .NET controls.
-
Configure the columns of the DataGrid control. Below are several columns from the Account table:
<DataGrid AutoGenerateColumns="False" Margin="13,249,12,14" Name="datagrid1" TabIndex="70" ItemsSource="{Binding}">
<DataGrid.Columns>
<DataGridTextColumn x:Name="idColumn" Binding="{Binding Path=Id}" Header="Id" Width="SizeToHeader" />
<DataGridTextColumn x:Name="nameColumn" Binding="{Binding Path=Browser}" Header="Browser" Width="SizeToHeader" />
...
</DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>
- Add a reference to the CData ADO.NET Provider for Google Analytics assembly.
Connect the DataGrid
Once the visual elements have been configured, you can use standard ADO.NET
objects like Connection, Command, and DataAdapter to populate a DataTable with the results
of an SQL query:
System.Data.CData.GoogleAnalytics.GoogleAnalyticsConnection conn
conn = create System.Data.CData.GoogleAnalytics.GoogleAnalyticsConnection(connectionString)
System.Data.CData.GoogleAnalytics.GoogleAnalyticsCommand comm
comm = create System.Data.CData.GoogleAnalytics.GoogleAnalyticsCommand(command, conn)
System.Data.DataTable table
table = create System.Data.DataTable
System.Data.CData.GoogleAnalytics.GoogleAnalyticsDataAdapter dataAdapter
dataAdapter = create System.Data.CData.GoogleAnalytics.GoogleAnalyticsDataAdapter(comm)
dataAdapter.Fill(table)
datagrid1.ItemsSource=table.DefaultView
The code above can be used to bind data from the specified query to the DataGrid.