Connect to TimeCamp Data in Aqua Data Studio

The CData JDBC Driver for TimeCamp integrates TimeCamp data with wizards and analytics in IDEs like Aqua Data Studio. This article shows how to connect to TimeCamp data through the connection manager and execute queries.

Create a JDBC Data Source

You can use the connection manager to define connection properties and save them in a new JDBC data source. The TimeCamp data source can then be accessed from Aqua Data Studio tools.

1. In Aqua Data Studio, select Register Server from the Servers menu.
2. In the Register Server form, select the 'Generic - JDBC' connection.
3. Enter the following JDBC connection properties:
   • Name: Enter a name for the data source; for example, TimeCamp.
   • Driver Location: Click the Browse button and select the cdata.jdbc.api.jar file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
   • Driver: Enter the Driver's class name, cdata.jdbc.api.APIDriver.

   • URL: Enter the JDBC URL, which starts with jdbc:api: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.

     Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the TimeCamp Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\TimeCamp.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for TimeCamp (see below).

     TimeCamp API Profile Settings

     TimeCamp uses token-based authentication. To obtain an API Token:

     1. Log in to your TimeCamp account at https://app.timecamp.com
     2. Click your profile avatar in the top-right corner
     3. Select Profile Settings
     4. Copy the API token shown at the bottom of the page

     After obtaining your API Token, set the following connection properties:

     • AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.

     Set the following in the ProfileSettings connection property:

     • APIKey: Set this to your TimeCamp API token.

     Built-in Connection String Designer

     For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the TimeCamp 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\TimeCamp.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_api_token';

   

Query TimeCamp Data

You can now query the tables exposed.