Gong Reporting and Star Schemas in OBIEE
The CData ODBC Driver for Gong is a standard database driver that can integrate real-time access to Gong data into your data warehouse or directly into your reporting tool. This article shows how to bypass the data warehouse and import operational Gong data into Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE).
See the knowledge base for ODBC integrations with ETL tools like Informatica PowerCenter. For an ETL solution into Oracle Warehouse Builder, use the driver with the Oracle ODBC Gateway to Access Gong Data as a Remote Oracle Database.
Connect to Gong as an ODBC Data Source
If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.
To authenticate to Gong, you can use API Key authentication with your Gong API Key and API Secret.
Authentication
To authenticate to Gong, you must provide your Gong API Key and API Secret, along with your tenant Domain. These credentials are combined and Base64-encoded to form the Basic authentication header used for all API requests.
Using API Key Authentication
To authenticate using an API Key, you need to obtain your API Key and API Secret from your Gong account settings.
You can then connect by setting the AuthScheme to APIKey and providing your credentials:
- AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
- APIKey: Set this to your Gong API Key.
- APISecret: Set this to your Gong API Secret.
- Domain: Set this to your Gong tenant domain (e.g., us-36533.api.gong.io).
Example connection string
Profile=C:\profiles\Gong.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_api_key;APISecret=your_api_secret;Domain=your-tenant.api.gong.io';
When you configure the DSN, you may also want to set the Max Rows connection property. This will limit the number of rows returned, which is especially helpful for improving performance when designing reports and visualizations.
Import Gong Metadata
Follow the steps below to use the OBIEE Client Tools to import Gong metadata into an OBIEE repository. You can then integrate Gong data into your business models.
Open the Administration Tool and click File -> New Repository.
- In the Connection Type menu, select ODBC 3.5 and select the CData DSN.
- Select the metadata types you want to import under the Relational Sources option and then select Gong tables.
