Connect to Samanage Data in DBArtisan
The CData ODBC Driver for Samanage seamlessly integrates Samanage data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Samanage data as a database. This article shows how to create an data source for Samanage in DBArtisan and execute queries. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.
Integrate Samanage 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 Samanage Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Samanage.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Samanage (see below).
Samanage API Profile Settings
Navigate to Setup > Users in Samanage, click your username, and select Generate JSON Web Token from the Action dropdown.
You can then follow the steps below to register Samanage data as a database instance in your project:
- In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
- Select Generic ODBC.
- Enter a name for the data source and select the DSN.
- Finish the wizard to connect to Samanage data. Samanage entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.
You can now work with Samanage data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Samanage API.
