Connect to Kintone Data in DBArtisan

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

Integrate Kintone 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.

In addition to the authentication values, set the following parameters to connect to and retrieve data from Kintone:

• Url: The URL of your account.
• GuestSpaceId: Optional. Set this when using a guest space.

Authenticating with Kintone

Kintone supports the following authentication methods.

Using Password Authentication

You must set the following to authenticate:

• User: The username of your account.
• Password: The password of your account.

Using Basic Authentication

If the basic authentication security feature is set on the domain, supply the additional login credentials with BasicAuthUser and BasicAuthPassword. Basic authentication requires these credentials in addition to User and Password.

Using Client SSL

Instead of basic authentication, you can specify a client certificate to authenticate. Set SSLClientCert, SSLClientCertType, SSLClientCertSubject, and SSLClientCertPassword. Additionally, set User and Password to your login credentials.

You can then follow the steps below to register Kintone 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 Kintone data. Kintone entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.

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