Manage Guru Data in DBArtisan as a JDBC Source
The CData JDBC Driver for Guru seamlessly integrates Guru data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Guru data as a database. This article shows how to create a JDBC source for Guru in DBArtisan. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.
Integrate Guru Data into DBArtisan Projects
Follow the steps below to register Guru data as a database instance in your project:
- In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
- Select Generic JDBC.
- Click Manage.
- In the resulting dialog, click New. Enter a name for the driver and click Add. In the resulting dialog, navigate to the driver JAR. The driver JAR is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
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In the Connection URL box, enter credentials and other required connection properties in the JDBC URL.
Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Guru Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Guru.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Guru (see below).
Guru API Profile Settings
In Guru, navigate to Settings > API and click Create New API Token. Use your email address as the User and the generated token as the Password.
Built-in Connection String Designer
For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Guru JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.
java -jar cdata.jdbc.api.jar
Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.
Below is a typical connection string:
jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\Guru.apip;ProfileSettings='User=your_email;Password=your_api_token';
- Finish the wizard to connect to Guru data. Guru entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.
You can now work with Guru data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Guru API.
