Automated Continuous Webex Replication to Oracle

Always-on applications rely on automatic failover capabilities and real-time data access. CData Sync integrates live Webex data into your Oracle instance, allowing you to consolidate all of your data into a single location for archiving, reporting, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and more.

Configure Oracle as a Replication Destination

Using CData Sync, you can replicate Webex data to Oracle. To add a replication destination, navigate to the Connections tab.

1. Click Add Connection.
2. Select the Destinations tab and locate the Oracle connector.
3. Click the Configure Connection icon at the end of that row to open the New Connection page. If the Configure Connection icon is not available, click the Download Connector icon to install the Oracle connector. For more information about installing new connectors, see Connections in the Help documentation.
4. To connect to Oracle, set the following connection properties:
   • Connection Name: Enter a connection name of your choice for the Oracle connection.
   • Connection Type: Select a connection type. The connection types available in CData Sync are SID, Service Name, and Data Source.
   • Server: Enter the host name or IP of the server hosting the Oracle database.
   • Port: Enter the port used to connect to the server hosting the Oracle database.
   • User: Enter the user ID provided for authentication with the Oracle database.
   • Password: Enter the password provided for authentication with the Oracle database.
   • SID: Enter the service name of the Oracle database.

5. Once connected, click Create & Test to create, test and save the connection.

You are now connected to Oracle and can use it as both a source and a destination.

NOTE: You can use the Label feature to add a label for a source or a destination.

In this article, we will demonstrate how to load Webex data into Oracle and utilize it as a destination.

Configure the Webex Connection

You can configure a connection to Webex from the Connections tab. To add a connection to your Webex account, navigate to the Connections tab.

1. Click Add Connection.
2. Select a source (Webex).
3. Configure the connection properties.
   
   

   To authenticate to Webex, and connect to your own data or to allow other users to connect to their data, you can use the OAuth standard.

   Using OAuth Authentication

   First, you will need to register an OAuth application with Webex. To do so, navigate to the Webex Developer Portal and create a new integration. Your OAuth application will be assigned a client id and a client secret.

   After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:

   • AuthScheme: Set this to OAuth.
   • InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to manage the process to obtain the OAuthAccessToken.
   • OAuthClientId: Set this to the client_id that is specified in your app settings.
   • OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the client_secret that is specified in your app settings.
   • CallbackURL: Set this to the Redirect URI that is specified in your app settings.
   • Scope: Set this in ProfileSettings to specify the OAuth scopes requested during authorization. Multiple scopes can be space-separated (e.g. ProfileSettings='Scope=spark:all spark:kms').

   Example connection string:

   Profile=C:\profiles\Webex.apip;Authscheme=OAuth;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientId=your_client_id;OAuthClientSecret=your_client_secret;CallbackUrl=your_callback_url;ProfileSettings='Scope=your_scopes';
   

   

4. Click Connect to Webex to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
5. Click Save & Test to save the changes.

Configure Replication Queries

CData Sync enables you to control replication with a point-and-click interface and with SQL queries. For each replication you wish to configure, navigate to the Jobs tab and click Add Job. Select the Source and Destination for your replication.

Replicate Entire Tables

To replicate an entire table, navigate to the Task tab in the Job, click Add Tasks, choose the table(s) from the list of Webex tables you wish to replicate into Oracle, and click Add Tasks again.

Customize Your Replication

You can use the Columns and Query tabs of a task to customize your replication. The Columns tab allows you to specify which columns to replicate, rename the columns at the destination, and even perform operations on the source data before replicating. The Query tab allows you to add filters, grouping, and sorting to the replication with the help of SQL queries.

Schedule Your Replication

Select the Overview tab in the Job, and click Configure under Schedule. You can schedule a job to run automatically by configuring it to run at specified intervals, ranging from once every 10 minutes to once every month.

Once you have configured the replication job, click Save Changes. You can configure any number of jobs to manage the replication of your Webex data to Oracle.

Run the Replication Job

Once all the required configurations are made for the job, select the Webex table you wish to replicate and click Run. After the replication completes successfully, a notification appears, showing the time taken to run the job and the number of rows replicated.

Free Trial & More Information

Now that you have seen how to replicate Webex data into Oracle, visit our CData Sync page to explore more about CData Sync and download a free 30-day trial. Start consolidating your enterprise data today!

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