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The LinkedIn Ads ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from LinkedIn Ads, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access LinkedIn Ads data like you would a database - read, write, and update LinkedIn Ads Analytics, Campaings, Conversion, Forms, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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Viewing LinkedIn Ads Data in RAD Studio Data Explorer


How to view LinkedIn Ads data in RAD Studio Data Explorer using the CData ODBC Driver for LinkedIn Ads.

Embarcadero RAD Studio provides a development environment for Delphi and C++Builder applications. With the CData ODBC Driver for LinkedIn Ads, you gain access to live LinkedIn Ads data within RAD Studio, abstracting the data into tables, views, and stored procedures that can be used to both retrieve LinkedIn Ads data. This article will walk through connecting to LinkedIn Ads using the Data Explorer.

Configure a Connection to LinkedIn Ads

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.

LinkedIn Ads uses the OAuth authentication standard. OAuth requires the authenticating user to interact with LinkedIn using the browser. See the OAuth section in the Help documentation for a guide.

Connecting to LinkedIn Ads Data Using Data Explorer

You can create a simple application for displaying LinkedIn Ads data by utilizing the CData FireDAC Components for LinkedIn Ads and a new VCL Forms Application:

  1. Open the Data Explorer in RAD Studio and expand FireDAC.
  2. Right-click the ODBC Data Source node in the Data Explorer.
  3. Click Add New Connection.
  4. Enter a name for the connection.
  5. In the FireDAC Connection Editor that appears, set the DataSource property to the name of the ODBC DSN for LinkedIn Ads.
  6. Back in the Data Explorer, expand the views for the connection.

  7. Create a new VCL Forms application and drag a view (for example: Analytics) onto the form.

  8. Select the AnalyticsView object on the form and set the Active property to true.

  9. Right-click on the object, bind visually, and link everything (*) to a new control (TStringGrid).

  10. Arrange the TStringGrid on the form and run the application to see the Analytics data.