How to Access Live RabbitMQ Data in Power Automate Desktop via ODBC
The CData ODBC Driver for RabbitMQ enables you to access live RabbitMQ data in workflow automation tools like Power Automate. This article shows how to integrate RabbitMQ data into a simple workflow, moving RabbitMQ data into a CSV file.
Through optimized data processing, CData ODBC Drivers offer unmatched performance for interacting with live RabbitMQ data in Microsoft Power Automate. When you issue complex SQL queries from Power Automate to RabbitMQ, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to RabbitMQ and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (e.g. SQL functions and JOIN operations).
Connect to RabbitMQ 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.
About RabbitMQ Management HTTP API
RabbitMQ is an open-source message broker that supports multiple messaging protocols. The RabbitMQ Management HTTP API provides HTTP-based access to management and monitoring data for a RabbitMQ server. The API exposes information about virtual hosts, exchanges, queues, bindings, connections, channels, consumers, users, permissions, policies, and cluster-wide statistics.
The Management plugin must be enabled on the RabbitMQ server for the HTTP API to be available. By default, the management interface listens on port 15672.
Using Basic Authentication
RabbitMQ Management HTTP API uses HTTP Basic authentication. You must supply the username and password of a RabbitMQ management user.
To enable access to the management API:
- Ensure the RabbitMQ Management plugin is enabled on your server (rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management).
- Use an existing management user or create one with the appropriate management tag (management, policymaker, monitoring, or administrator).
- Note the full base URL of your RabbitMQ Management HTTP API (e.g., http://localhost:15672).
After configuring your RabbitMQ server, set the following connection properties to connect:
- AuthScheme: Set this to Basic.
- URL: Set this to the base URL of your RabbitMQ Management HTTP API (e.g., http://localhost:15672).
- User: Set this to your RabbitMQ management username (e.g., guest).
- Password: Set this to your RabbitMQ management password.
Example connection string:
Profile=C:\profiles\RabbitMQ.apip;AuthScheme=Basic;URL=http://localhost:15672;User=guest;Password=guest;
Available Tables
The RabbitMQ profile provides access to the following tables:
- Overview - Cluster-wide statistics and information about the RabbitMQ node
- Nodes - Information about individual nodes in the RabbitMQ cluster
- NodeMemory - Detailed memory usage breakdown for a specific cluster node
- Connections - List of all open AMQP connections to the broker
- Channels - List of all open AMQP channels across all connections
- Consumers - List of all consumers registered across all queues
- Exchanges - List of exchanges declared across all virtual hosts
- Queues - List of queues declared across all virtual hosts
- Bindings - List of all bindings between exchanges and queues
- VirtualHosts - List of virtual hosts configured on the broker
- VhostPermissions - User permissions within a specific virtual host
- Users - List of all RabbitMQ users
- Permissions - Permission records for all users across all virtual hosts
- TopicPermissions - Topic-level permission records for all users
- Policies - List of policies applied to queues and exchanges in virtual hosts
- OperatorPolicies - List of operator policies applied to queues in virtual hosts
- Parameters - List of component parameters (e.g., federation, shovel) per virtual host
- GlobalParameters - List of global parameters that apply across all virtual hosts
- VhostLimits - Resource limits configured for specific virtual hosts
- UserLimits - Resource limits configured for specific users
- FeatureFlags - List of feature flags and their enabled/disabled state on the node
- DeprecatedFeatures - List of deprecated features and their usage state
- AuthAttempts - Authentication attempt statistics for the node
- ClusterName - The name of the RabbitMQ cluster
- WhoAmI - Information about the currently authenticated management user
- ExchangeBindingsSource - Bindings for which a specific exchange is the source
- ExchangeBindingsDestination - Bindings for which a specific exchange is the destination
- QueueBindings - Bindings for a specific queue within a virtual host
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 RabbitMQ Data into Power Automate Workflows
After configuring the DSN for RabbitMQ, you are ready to integrate RabbitMQ 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 RabbitMQ, query RabbitMQ 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 RabbitMQ 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 AuthAttempts
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 RabbitMQ data into a CSV file.
With the CData ODBC Driver for RabbitMQ, you get live connectivity to RabbitMQ data within your Microsoft Power Automate workflows.
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