How to Access Live Mode Data in Power Automate Desktop via ODBC
The CData ODBC Driver for Mode enables you to access live Mode data in workflow automation tools like Power Automate. This article shows how to integrate Mode data into a simple workflow, moving Mode data into a CSV file.
Through optimized data processing, CData ODBC Drivers offer unmatched performance for interacting with live Mode data in Microsoft Power Automate. When you issue complex SQL queries from Power Automate to Mode, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Mode and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (e.g. SQL functions and JOIN operations).
Connect to Mode as an ODBC Data Source
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 Mode Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Mode.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Mode (see below).
Mode API Profile Settings
In Mode, go to My Account > API Tokens to generate an access token and access secret, which serve as the User and Password credentials respectively.
When you configure the DSN, you may also want to set the Max Rows connection property. This will limit the number of rows returned, which is especially helpful for improving performance when designing workflows.
Integrate Mode Data into Power Automate Workflows
After configuring the DSN for Mode, you are ready to integrate Mode data into your Power Automate workflows. Open Microsoft Power Automate, add a new flow, and name the flow.
In the flow editor, you can add the actions to connect to Mode, query Mode using SQL, and write the query results to a CSV document.
Add an Open SQL Connection Action
Add an "Open SQL connection" action (Actions -> Database) and configure the properties.
- Connection string: DSN=CData Mode Source
After configuring the action, click Save.
Add an Execute SQL Statement Action
Add an "Execute SQL statement" action (Actions -> Database) and configure the properties.
- Get connection by: SQL connection variable
- SQL connection: %SQLConnection% (the variable from the "Open SQL connection" action above)
- SQL statement: SELECT * FROM DataSources
After configuring the action, click Save.
Add a Write to CSV File Action
Add a "Write to CSV file" action (Actions -> File) and configure the properties.
- Variable to write to: %QueryResult% (the variable from the "Execute SQL statement" action above)
- File path: set to a file on disk
- Configure Advanced settings as needed.
After configuring the action, click Save.
Add a Close SQL Connection Action
Add a "Close SQL connection" action (Actions -> Database) and configure the properties.
- SQL Connection: %SQLConnection% (the variable from the "Open SQL connection" action above)
After configuring the action, click Save.
Save & Run the Flow
Once you have configured all the actions for the flow, click the disk icon to save the flow. Click the play icon to run the flow.
Now you have a workflow to move Mode data into a CSV file.
With the CData ODBC Driver for Mode, you get live connectivity to Mode data within your Microsoft Power Automate workflows.
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