Automated Continuous Basecamp Replication to Oracle

Always-on applications rely on automatic failover capabilities and real-time data access. CData Sync integrates live Basecamp 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 Basecamp data to Oracle. To add a replication destination, navigate to the Connections tab.

1. Click Add Connection.
2. Select Oracle as a destination.

3. Enter the necessary connection properties. To connect to Oracle, you will need the Oracle Database Client. The Instant Client is not sufficient. When you download the Oracle Database Client, ensure that the bitness matches the the bitness of the application. Additionally, when you install, select either the Runtime or Administrator installation type.

   Set the following to connect to an Oracle database:

   • Server: The host name or IP of the server hosting the Oracle database.
   • Port: The port used to connect to the server hosting the Oracle database.
   • User: The user ID provided for authentication with the Oracle database.
   • Password: The password provided for authentication with the Oracle database.
   • SID: The service name of the Oracle database.

4. Click Test Connection to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
5. Click Save Changes.

Configure the Basecamp Connection

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

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

   Basecamp uses basic or OAuth 2.0 authentication. To use basic authentication you will need the user and password that you use for logging in to Basecamp. To authenticate to Basecamp via OAuth 2.0, you will need to obtain the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL connection properties by registering an app with Basecamp.

   See the Getting Started section in the help documentation for a connection guide.

   Additionally, you will need to specify the AccountId connection property. This can be copied from the URL after you log in.

4. Click Connect to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
5. Click Save 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, click Add Tables in the Tables section, choose the table(s) you wish to replicate, and click Add Selected Tables.

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.

Schedule Your Replication

In the Schedule section, you can schedule a job to run automatically, configuring the job to run after 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 Basecamp data to Oracle.