Integrate Neo4J Data into Automated Tasks with Power Automate

Microsoft Power Automate is an online service that automates events (known as workflows) across the most common apps and services. When paired with CData Connect AI, you get instant, cloud-to-cloud access to Neo4J data for visualizations, dashboards, and more. This article shows how to connect to Connect AI from Power Automate and integrate live Neo4J data into your workflows and tasks.

CData Connect AI provides a pure SQL, cloud-to-cloud interface for Neo4J, allowing you to easily integrate with live Neo4J data in Power Automate — without replicating the data. CData Connect AI looks exactly like a SQL Server database to Power Automate and uses optimized data processing out of the box to push all supported SQL operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to Neo4J, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return Neo4J data.

Configure Neo4J Connectivity for Power Automate

Connectivity to Neo4J from Power Automate is made possible through CData Connect AI. To work with Neo4J data from Power Automate, we start by creating and configuring a Neo4J connection.

1. Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection

2. Select "Neo4J" from the Add Connection panel

3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Neo4J.

   To connect to Neo4j, set the following connection properties:

   • Server: The server hosting the Neo4j instance.
   • Port: The port on which the Neo4j service is running. The provider connects to port 7474 by default.
   • User: The username of the user using the Neo4j instance.
   • Password: The password of the user using the Neo4j instance.
   
4. Click Save & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Neo4J Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

Add a Personal Access Token

When connecting to Connect AI through the REST API, the OData API, or the Virtual SQL Server, a Personal Access Token (PAT) is used to authenticate the connection to Connect AI. It is best practice to create a separate PAT for each service to maintain granularity of access.

1. Click on the Gear icon () at the top right of the Connect AI app to open the settings page.
2. On the Settings page, go to the Access Tokens section and click Create PAT.
3. Give the PAT a name and click Create.
4. The personal access token is only visible at creation, so be sure to copy it and store it securely for future use.

With the connection configured and a PAT generated, you are ready to connect to Neo4J data from Power Automate.

Connecting to CData Connect AI

To use Connect AI to integrate Neo4J data into your Power Automate tasks, you need a new SQL Server connection:

1. Log in to Power Automate
2. Click Data -> Connections -> New connection
3. Select SQL Server
4. In the connection wizard:
   
   
   • Choose to connect directly
   • Set SQL server name to tds.cdata.com,14333
   • Set SQL database name to the name of the Neo4J connection (e.g. Neo4j1)
   • Set Username to a Connect AI user (e.g. [email protected])
   • Set Password to the PAT for the above user
   • Click Create

Integrating Neo4J Data into Power Automate Tasks

With the connection to Connect AI configured, you are ready to integrate live Neo4J data into your Power Automate tasks.

1. Log in to Power Automate
2. Click My flows -> New flow and choose to create the flow from blank or template
3. Add (or configure) a SQL Server action (like Get rows) and configure the action to connect to your Connect AI connection
4. Select a Table to work with (from the drop-down menu) and configure any advanced options (like filters, orders, etc)
5. Configure any actions to follow and test, then save the flow

SQL Access to Neo4J Data from Cloud Applications

Now you have a direct connection to live Neo4J data from Power Automate tasks. You can create more connections and workflows to drive business — all without replicating Neo4J data.

To get SQL data access to hundreds of SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications, sign up for a free trial of CData Connect AI.

Related Power Automate Articles

This article explains how to use CData Connect AI with Power Automate (Online). Check out our other articles for more ways to work with Power Automate Desktop:

• Neo4J Data in Power Automate Desktop using CData Connect
• Neo4J Data in Power Automate Desktop via ODBC