Connect to Salesforce Data Cloud Data in DBeaver



Use the CData ODBC Driver to connect to Salesforce Data Cloud data in DBeaver.

NOTE: The Legacy ODBC driver was removed in DBeaver Community Edition 23.1. As an alternative, you can use a CData JDBC Driver (learn how here: How to Connect DBeaver to Salesforce Data Cloud via JDBC). If you need to use ODBC Drivers, refer to the DBeaver Documentation.


The CData ODBC Driver for Salesforce Data Cloud enables access to live data from Salesforce Data Cloud under the ODBC standard, allowing you work with Salesforce Data Cloud data in a wide variety of BI, reporting, and ETL tools and directly, using familiar SQL queries. This article shows how to manage Salesforce Data Cloud data with visual tools in DBeaver like the query browser.

The CData ODBC drivers offer unmatched performance for interacting with live Salesforce Data Cloud data in DBeaver due to optimized data processing built into the driver. When you issue complex SQL queries from DBeaver to Salesforce Data Cloud, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Salesforce Data Cloud and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations (often SQL functions and JOIN operations) client-side. With built-in dynamic metadata querying, you can manage and analyze Salesforce Data Cloud data.

Connect to Salesforce Data Cloud

If you have not already done so, provide values for the required connection properties in the data source name (DSN). You can configure the DSN using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator. This is also the last step of the driver installation. See the "Getting Started" chapter in the Help documentation for a guide to using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure a DSN.

Salesforce Data Cloud supports authentication via the OAuth standard.

OAuth

Set AuthScheme to OAuth.

Desktop Applications

CData provides an embedded OAuth application that simplifies authentication at the desktop.

You can also authenticate from the desktop via a custom OAuth application, which you configure and register at the Salesforce Data Cloud console. For further information, see Creating a Custom OAuth App in the Help documentation.

Before you connect, set these properties:

  • InitiateOAuth: GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting the OAuthAccessToken.
  • OAuthClientId (custom applications only): The Client ID assigned when you registered your custom OAuth application.
  • OAuthClientSecret (custom applications only): The Client Secret assigned when you registered your custom OAuth application.

When you connect, the driver opens Salesforce Data Cloud's OAuth endpoint in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions to the application.

The driver then completes the OAuth process as follows:

  • Extracts the access token from the callback URL.
  • Obtains a new access token when the old one expires.
  • Saves OAuth values in OAuthSettingsLocation so that they persist across connections.
  • For other OAuth methods, including Web Applications and Headless Machines, refer to the Help documentation.

    Finally, set the "Map To WVarchar connection property to False in the DSN Configuration window for the driver. This configuration will allow string types to be mapped to SQL_VARCHAR and prevent SQL_WVARCHAR types from being displayed as NULL.

    Connecting to the Salesforce Data Cloud ODBC Data Source in DBeaver

    1. Open the DBeaver application and in the Database menu, select the New Database Connection option.
    2. In the 'Connect to a database' window, select ODBC and click Next.
    3. In the Database/Schema field, enter the DSN name (CData Salesforce Data Cloud Source by default). It will be automatically added to the JDBC URL as well.
    4. Click the Test Connection button. You should receive a 'Connected' message after DBeaver has detected the DSN, along with details about the driver if the connection is successful.

    Query Salesforce Data Cloud Data

    You can now query information from the tables exposed by the data source connection. You can expand the database structure in order to view all the tables. You can retrieve the table's data by right-clicking on a table name and selecting View data. The data will then be available in the Data tab.

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    At this point, you have connected to live Salesforce Data Cloud data from DBeaver. For more information, visit the CData ODBC Driver page. Download a free, 30-day trial and start working live Salesforce Data Cloud data DBeaver today.

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

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