Replicate Multiple Greenhouse Accounts via the CData Sync CLI

CData Sync for Greenhouse is a stand-alone application that provides solutions for a variety of replication scenarios such as replicating sandbox and production instances into your database. Both Sync for Windows and Sync for Java include a command-line interface (CLI) that makes it easy to manage multiple Greenhouse connections. In this article we show how to use the CLI to replicate multiple Greenhouse accounts.

Configure Greenhouse Connections

You can save connection and email notification settings in an XML configuration file. To replicate multiple Greenhouse accounts, use multiple configuration files. Below is an example configuration to replicate Greenhouse to SQLite:

Windows

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<CDataSync>
  <DatabaseType>SQLite</DatabaseType>
  <DatabaseProvider>System.Data.SQLite</DatabaseProvider>
  <ConnectionString>APIKey=YourAPIKey;</ConnectionString>
  <ReplicateAll>False</ReplicateAll>
  <NotificationUserName></NotificationUserName>
  <DatabaseConnectionString>Data Source=C:\my.db</DatabaseConnectionString>
  <TaskSchedulerStartTime>09:51</TaskSchedulerStartTime>
  <TaskSchedulerInterval>Never</TaskSchedulerInterval>
</CDataSync>

Java

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<CDataSync>
<DatabaseType>SQLite</DatabaseType>
  <DatabaseProvider>org.sqlite.JDBC</DatabaseProvider>
  <ConnectionString>APIKey=YourAPIKey;</ConnectionString>
  <ReplicateAll>False</ReplicateAll>
  <NotificationUserName></NotificationUserName>
  <DatabaseConnectionString>Data Source=C:\my.db</DatabaseConnectionString>
</CDataSync>

You need an API key to connect to Greenhouse. To create an API key, follow the steps below:

1. Click the Configure icon in the navigation bar and locate Dev Center on the left.
2. Select API Credential Management.
3. Click Create New API Key.
• Set "API Type" to Harvest.
• Set "Partner" to custom.
• Optionally, provide a description.
4. Proceed to Manage permissions and select the appropriate permissions based on the resources you want to access through the driver.
5. Copy the created key and set APIKey to that value.

Configure Queries for Each Greenhouse Instance

Sync enables you to control replication with standard SQL. The REPLICATE statement is a high-level command that caches and maintains a table in your database. You can define any SELECT query supported by the Greenhouse API. The statement below caches and incrementally updates a table of Greenhouse data:

REPLICATE Applications;

You can specify a file containing the replication queries you want to use to update a particular database. Separate replication statements with semicolons. The following options are useful if you are replicating multiple Greenhouse accounts into the same database:

You can use a different table prefix in the REPLICATE SELECT statement:

REPLICATE PROD_Applications SELECT * FROM Applications 

Alternatively, you can use a different schema:

REPLICATE PROD.Applications SELECT * FROM Applications

Run Sync

After you have configured the connection strings and replication queries, you can run Sync with the following command-line options:

Windows

GreenhouseSync.exe -g MyProductionGreenhouseConfig.xml -f MyProductionGreenhouseSync.sql

Java

java -Xbootclasspath/p:c:\sqlitejdbc.jar -jar GreenhouseSync.jar -g MyProductionGreenhouseConfig.xml -f MyProductionGreenhouseSync.sql