How to Access Live Vercel Data in Power Automate Desktop via ODBC
The CData ODBC Driver for Vercel enables you to access live Vercel data in workflow automation tools like Power Automate. This article shows how to integrate Vercel data into a simple workflow, moving Vercel data into a CSV file.
Through optimized data processing, CData ODBC Drivers offer unmatched performance for interacting with live Vercel data in Microsoft Power Automate. When you issue complex SQL queries from Power Automate to Vercel, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Vercel and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (e.g. SQL functions and JOIN operations).
Connect to Vercel as an ODBC Data Source
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.
Using API Key Authentication
Vercel uses Bearer token authentication. You can use either a personal access token or an OAuth access token as the API key.
To obtain a personal access token:
- Log into your Vercel account at https://vercel.com/
- Navigate to Account Settings > Tokens.
- Click Create Token, enter a name and expiration, and click Create.
- Copy the generated token (it will only be shown once).
After obtaining your token, set the following connection properties:
- AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
- APIKey: Set this to your Vercel personal access token or OAuth access token.
Example Connection String
Profile=C:\profiles\Vercel.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;APIKey=your_access_token;
Working with Teams
Many Vercel resources are scoped to a team. To scope all requests to a specific team, set the TeamId connection property to your team's ID. You can find your team ID by querying the Teams table or from the Vercel dashboard. Alternatively, you can specify TeamId in your SQL queries using the WHERE clause where supported.
Connecting to Vercel
Once the authentication is configured, you can connect to Vercel and query data from any of the available tables such as Projects, Deployments, Teams, and Domains.
When you configure the DSN, you may also want to set the Max Rows connection property. This will limit the number of rows returned, which is especially helpful for improving performance when designing workflows.
Integrate Vercel Data into Power Automate Workflows
After configuring the DSN for Vercel, you are ready to integrate Vercel data into your Power Automate workflows. Open Microsoft Power Automate, add a new flow, and name the flow.
In the flow editor, you can add the actions to connect to Vercel, query Vercel using SQL, and write the query results to a CSV document.
Add an Open SQL Connection Action
Add an "Open SQL connection" action (Actions -> Database) and configure the properties.
- Connection string: DSN=CData Vercel Source
After configuring the action, click Save.
Add an Execute SQL Statement Action
Add an "Execute SQL statement" action (Actions -> Database) and configure the properties.
- Get connection by: SQL connection variable
- SQL connection: %SQLConnection% (the variable from the "Open SQL connection" action above)
- SQL statement: SELECT * FROM User
After configuring the action, click Save.
Add a Write to CSV File Action
Add a "Write to CSV file" action (Actions -> File) and configure the properties.
- Variable to write to: %QueryResult% (the variable from the "Execute SQL statement" action above)
- File path: set to a file on disk
- Configure Advanced settings as needed.
After configuring the action, click Save.
Add a Close SQL Connection Action
Add a "Close SQL connection" action (Actions -> Database) and configure the properties.
- SQL Connection: %SQLConnection% (the variable from the "Open SQL connection" action above)
After configuring the action, click Save.
Save & Run the Flow
Once you have configured all the actions for the flow, click the disk icon to save the flow. Click the play icon to run the flow.
Now you have a workflow to move Vercel data into a CSV file.
With the CData ODBC Driver for Vercel, you get live connectivity to Vercel data within your Microsoft Power Automate workflows.
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