Connect to Hubstaff Data in DBArtisan

The CData ODBC Driver for Hubstaff seamlessly integrates Hubstaff data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Hubstaff data as a database. This article shows how to create an data source for Hubstaff in DBArtisan and execute queries. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.

Integrate Hubstaff Data into DBArtisan Projects

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.

Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Hubstaff Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Hubstaff.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Hubstaff (see below).

Hubstaff API Profile Settings

Register an OAuth application at developer.hubstaff.com/apps to obtain your Client ID and Client Secret.

You can then follow the steps below to register Hubstaff data as a database instance in your project:

1. In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
2. Select Generic ODBC.
3. Enter a name for the data source and select the DSN.
4. Finish the wizard to connect to Hubstaff data. Hubstaff entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.

You can now work with Hubstaff data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Hubstaff API.