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The Tableau CRM Analytics ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Tableau CRM Analytics, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access Tableau CRM Analytics platform and prediction services data like you would a database, through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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Connect to Tableau CRM Analytics Data in Ruby


Connect to Tableau CRM Analytics data in Ruby with ruby-dbi, dbd-odbc, and ruby-odbc.

The CData ODBC Driver for Tableau CRM Analytics makes it easy to integrate connectivity to live Tableau CRM Analytics data in Ruby. This article shows how to create a simple Ruby app that connects to Tableau CRM Analytics data, executes a query, and displays the results.

Create an ODBC Connection to Tableau CRM Analytics Data

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.

Tableau CRM Analytics uses the OAuth 2 authentication standard. You will need to obtain the OAuthClientId and OAuthClientSecret by registering an app with Tableau CRM Analytics.

See the Getting Started section of the Help documentation for an authentication guide.

Installing Ruby and Necessary Gems

If you do not have Ruby installed, refer to the Ruby installation page. With Ruby installed, you will need to install the ruby-dbi, dbd-odbc, and ruby-odbc gems:

gem install dbi gem install dbd-odbc gem install ruby-odbc

Create a Ruby App with Connectivity to Tableau CRM Analytics Data

Create a new Ruby file (for example: TableauCRMSelect.rb) and open it in a text editor. Copy the following code into your file:

#connect to the DSN require 'DBI' cnxn = DBI.connect('DBI:ODBC:CData TableauCRM Source','','') #execute a SELECT query and store the result set resultSet = cnxn.execute("SELECT Name, CloseDate FROM Dataset_Opportunity") #display the names of the columns resultSet.column_names.each do |name| print name, "\t" end puts #display the results while row = resultSet.fetch do (0..resultSet.column_names.size - 1).each do |n| print row[n], "\t" end puts end resultSet.finish #close the connection cnxn.disconnect if cnxn

With the file completed, you are ready to display your Tableau CRM Analytics data with Ruby. To do so, simply run your file from the command line:

ruby TableauCRMSelect.rb Writing SQL-92 queries to Tableau CRM Analytics allows you to quickly and easily incorporate Tableau CRM Analytics data into your own Ruby applications. Download a free trial today!