Connect to Productboard Data in CloverDX (formerly CloverETL)

The CData JDBC Driver for Productboard enables you to use the data transformation components in CloverDX (formerly CloverETL) to work with Productboard as sources. In this article, you will use the JDBC Driver for Productboard to set up a simple transfer into a flat file. The CData JDBC Driver for Productboard enables you to use the data transformation components in CloverDX (formerly CloverETL) to work with Productboard as sources. In this article, you will use the JDBC Driver for Productboard to set up a simple transfer into a flat file.

Connect to Productboard as a JDBC Data Source

1. Create the connection to Productboard data. In a new CloverDX graph, right-click the Connections node in the Outline pane and click Connections -> Create Connection. The Database Connection wizard is displayed.
2. Click the plus icon to load a driver from a JAR. Browse to the lib subfolder of the installation directory and select the cdata.jdbc.api.jar file.
3. Enter the JDBC URL.

   Authentication

   To authenticate to ProductBoard, and connect to your own data or to allow other users to connect to their data, you can use API Key authentication.

   Using API Key Authentication

   To authenticate using an API Key, you need to obtain your API Key from your ProductBoard workspace settings.

   You can then connect by setting the AuthScheme to APIKey and providing your API key:

   • AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
   • APIKey: Set this to your API key from ProductBoard.

   Built-in Connection String Designer

   For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Productboard JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

   java -jar cdata.jdbc.api.jar
   

   Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

   

   A typical JDBC URL is below:

   jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\Productboard.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_api_key';

Query Productboard Data with the DBInputTable Component

1. Drag a DBInputTable from the Readers selection of the Palette onto the job flow and double-click it to open the configuration editor.
2. In the DB connection property, select the Productboard JDBC data source from the drop-down menu.
3. Enter the SQL query. For example:

   SELECT ,  FROM Features WHERE IsArchived = 'false'

Write the Output of the Query to a UniversalDataWriter

1. Drag a UniversalDataWriter from the Writers selection onto the jobflow.
2. Double-click the UniversalDataWriter to open the configuration editor and add a file URL.
3. Right-click the DBInputTable and then click Extract Metadata.
4. Connect the output port of the DBInputTable to the UniversalDataWriter.
5. In the resulting Select Metadata menu for the UniversalDataWriter, choose the Features table. (You can also open this menu by right-clicking the input port for the UniversalDataWriter.)
6. Click Run to write to the file.