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Replicate Multiple TSheets Accounts
Replicate multiple TSheets accounts to one or many databases.
CData Sync for TSheets is a stand-alone application that provides solutions for a variety of replication scenarios such as replicating sandbox and production instances into your database. Both Sync for Windows and Sync for Java include a command-line interface (CLI) that makes it easy to manage multiple TSheets connections. In this article we show how to use the CLI to replicate multiple TSheets accounts.
Configure TSheets Connections
You can save connection and email notification settings in an XML configuration file. To replicate multiple TSheets accounts, use multiple configuration files. Below is an example configuration to replicate TSheets to SQLite:
Windows
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<CDataSync>
<DatabaseType>SQLite</DatabaseType>
<DatabaseProvider>System.Data.SQLite</DatabaseProvider>
<ConnectionString>OAuthClientId=myclientid;OAuthClientSecret=myclientsecret;CallbackUrl=http://localhost:33333;</ConnectionString>
<ReplicateAll>False</ReplicateAll>
<NotificationUserName></NotificationUserName>
<DatabaseConnectionString>Data Source=C:\my.db</DatabaseConnectionString>
<TaskSchedulerStartTime>09:51</TaskSchedulerStartTime>
<TaskSchedulerInterval>Never</TaskSchedulerInterval>
</CDataSync>
Java
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<CDataSync>
<DatabaseType>SQLite</DatabaseType>
<DatabaseProvider>org.sqlite.JDBC</DatabaseProvider>
<ConnectionString>OAuthClientId=myclientid;OAuthClientSecret=myclientsecret;CallbackUrl=http://localhost:33333;</ConnectionString>
<ReplicateAll>False</ReplicateAll>
<NotificationUserName></NotificationUserName>
<DatabaseConnectionString>Data Source=C:\my.db</DatabaseConnectionString>
</CDataSync>
TSheets uses the OAuth2 standard for authentication and authorization. To construct your own OAuth app and connect to data, refer to OAuth section in the Help.
Configure Queries for Each TSheets Instance
Sync enables you to control replication with standard SQL. The REPLICATE statement is a high-level command that caches and maintains a table in your database. You can define any SELECT query supported by the TSheets API. The statement below caches and incrementally updates a table of TSheets data:
REPLICATE Timesheets;
You can specify a file containing the replication queries you want to use to update a particular database. Separate replication statements with semicolons. The following options are useful if you are replicating multiple TSheets accounts into the same database:
You can use a different table prefix in the REPLICATE SELECT statement:
REPLICATE PROD_Timesheets SELECT * FROM Timesheets
Alternatively, you can use a different schema:
REPLICATE PROD.Timesheets SELECT * FROM Timesheets
Run Sync
After you have configured the connection strings and replication queries, you can run Sync with the following command-line options:
Windows
TSheetsSync.exe -g MyProductionTSheetsConfig.xml -f MyProductionTSheetsSync.sql
Java
java -Xbootclasspath/p:c:\sqlitejdbc.jar -jar TSheetsSync.jar -g MyProductionTSheetsConfig.xml -f MyProductionTSheetsSync.sql
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