Connect to Okta Data from PowerBuilder



This article demonstrates how to use the CData ODBC Driver for Okta to connect to Okta data and execute queries in PowerBuilder.

The CData ODBC Driver for Okta can be used from any platform or development technology that supports ODBC, including PowerBuilder. This article shows how to connect to Okta data and execute queries from the Database Painter and controls such as the DataWindow.

Connect to Okta 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.

To connect to Okta, set the Domain connection string property to your Okta domain.

You will use OAuth to authenticate with Okta, so you need to create a custom OAuth application.

Creating a Custom OAuth Application

From your Okta account:

  1. Sign in to your Okta developer edition organization with your administrator account.
  2. In the Admin Console, go to Applications > Applications.
  3. Click Create App Integration.
  4. For the Sign-in method, select OIDC - OpenID Connect.
  5. For Application type, choose Web Application.
  6. Enter a name for your custom application.
  7. Set the Grant Type to Authorization Code. If you want the token to be automatically refreshed, also check Refresh Token.
  8. Set the callback URL:
    • For desktop applications and headless machines, use http://localhost:33333 or another port number of your choice. The URI you set here becomes the CallbackURL property.
    • For web applications, set the callback URL to a trusted redirect URL. This URL is the web location the user returns to with the token that verifies that your application has been granted access.
  9. In the Assignments section, either select Limit access to selected groups and add a group, or skip group assignment for now.
  10. Save the OAuth application.
  11. The application's Client Id and Client Secret are displayed on the application's General tab. Record these for future use. You will use the Client Id to set the OAuthClientId and the Client Secret to set the OAuthClientSecret.
  12. Check the Assignments tab to confirm that all users who must access the application are assigned to the application.
  13. On the Okta API Scopes tab, select the scopes you wish to grant to the OAuth application. These scopes determine the data that the app has permission to read, so a scope for a particular view must be granted for the driver to have permission to query that view. To confirm the scopes required for each view, see the view-specific pages in Data Model < Views in the Help documentation.

Create a Profile for the ODBC Driver for Okta

Follow the steps below to use the Database Painter tool to create a database profile based on an ODBC DSN (data source name) for Okta. In the Database Painter, you can use wizards and the UI to work with Okta data.

  1. In PowerBuilder, click Tools -> Database Painter.
  2. In the Objects window in the Database Painter, right-click the ODBC node and click New Profile.
  3. On the Connection tab, enter a name for the profile and select the Okta DSN in the Data Source menu.
  4. To view and modify a table, right-click a table and then click Edit Data -> Grid.

Using Okta Data with PowerBuilder Controls

You can use standard PowerBuilder objects to connect to ODBC data sources and execute queries. The following example shows how to retrieve Okta data into a DataWindow. You can add the following code to the open method:

SQLCA.DBMS = "ODBC" SQLCA.DBParm = "ConnectString='DSN=CData Okta Source'" CONNECT USING SQLCA; dw_users.SetTransObject(SQLCA); dw_users.Retrieve();

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

Access Okta data like you would a database - read, write, and update Okta 0, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.