SmartHR Drivers & Connectors
for Data Integration

The SmartHR driver acts like a bridge that facilitates communication between various applications and SmartHR, allowing the application to read data as if it were a relational database. The SmartHR driver abstracts the complexities of SmartHR APIs, authentication methods, and data types, making it simple for any application to connect to SmartHR data in real-time via standard SQL queries.

Working with a SmartHR Driver is different than connecting with SmartHR through other means. SmartHR API integrations require technical experience from a software developer or IT resources. Additionally, due to the constant evolution of APIs and services, once you build your integration you have to constantly maintain SmartHR integration code moving forward.

By comparison, our SmartHR Drivers offer codeless access to live SmartHR data for both technical and non-technical users alike. Any user can install our drivers and begin working with live SmartHR data from any client application. Because our drivers conform to standard data interfaces like ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET etc. they offer a consistent, maintenance-free interface to SmartHR data. We manage all of the complexities of SmartHR integration within each driver and deploy updated drivers as systems evolve so your applications continue to run seamlessly.

Many organizations draw attention to their library of connectors. After all, data connectivity is a core capability needed for applications to maximize their business value. However, it is essential to understand exactly what you are getting when evaluating connectivity. Some vendors are happy to offer connectors that implement basic proof-of-concept level connectivity. These connectors may highlight the possibilities of working with SmartHR, but often only provide a fraction of capability. Finding real value from these connectors usually requires additional IT or development resources.

Unlike these POC-quality connectors, every CData SmartHR driver offers full-featured SmartHR data connectivity. The CData SmartHR drivers support extensive SmartHR integration, providing access to all of the SmartHR data and meta-data needed by enterprise integration or analytics projects. Each driver contains a powerful embedded SQL engine that offers applications easy and high-performance access to all SmartHR data. In addition, our drivers offer robust authentication and security capabilities, allowing users to connect securely across a wide range of enterprise configurations. Compare drivers and connectors to read more about some of the benefits of CData's driver connectivity.

With our drivers and connectors, every data source is essentially SQL-based. The CData SmartHR driver contains a full SQL-92 compliant engine that translates standard SQL queries into SmartHR API calls dynamically. Queries are parsed and optimized for each data source, pushing down as much of the request to SmartHR as possible. Any logic that can not be pushed to SmartHR is handled transparently client-side by the driver/connector engine. Ultimately, this means that SmartHR looks and acts exactly like a database to any client application or tool. Users can integrate live SmartHR connectivity with ANY software solution that can talk to a standard database.

Using the CData SmartHR drivers and connectors, SmartHR can be easily integrated with almost any application. Any software or technology that can integrate with a database or connect with standards-based drivers like ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, etc., can use our drivers for live SmartHR data connectivity. Explore some of the more popular SmartHR data integrations online.

SmartHR Analytics is universally supported for BI and data science. In addition, CData provides native client connectors for popular analytics applications like Power BI, Tableau, and Excel that simplify SmartHR data integration. Additionally, native Python connectors are widely available for data science and data engineering projects that integrate seamlessly with popular tools like Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash, and Petl.