Connect to Optimizely Data in DBArtisan

Jerod Johnson
Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism
Use wizards in DBArtisan to configure Optimizely data as a data source.

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

Integrate Optimizely 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.

Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Optimizely Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Optimizely.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Optimizely (see below).

Optimizely API Profile Settings

Generate a personal API token at app.optimizely.com/v2/profile/api in your Optimizely account settings.

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

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

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