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Access Live Airtable Data in TIBCO Data Virtualization



Use the CData TIBCO DV Adapter for Airtable to create a Airtable data source in TIBCO Data Virtualization Studio and gain access to live Airtable data from your TDV Server.

TIBCO Data Virtualization (TDV) is an enterprise data virtualization solution that orchestrates access to multiple and varied data sources. When paired with the CData TIBCO DV Adapter for Airtable, you get federated access to live Airtable data directly within TIBCO Data Virtualization. This article walks through deploying an adapter and creating a new data source based on Airtable.

With built-in optimized data processing, the CData TIBCO DV Adapter offers unmatched performance for interacting with live Airtable data. When you issue complex SQL queries to Airtable, the adapter pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Airtable. Its built-in dynamic metadata querying allows you to work with and analyze Airtable data using native data types.

Deploy the Airtable TIBCO DV Adapter

  1. In a console, navigate to the bin folder in the TDV Server installation directory. If there is a current version of the adapter installed, you will need to undeploy it.

    .\server_util.bat -server localhost -user admin -password ******** -undeploy -version 1 -name Airtable
    
  2. Extract the CData TIBCO DV Adapter to a local folder and deploy the JAR file (tdv.airtable.jar) to the server from the extract location.

    .\server_util.bat -server localhost -user admin -password ******** -deploy -package /PATH/TO/tdv.airtable.jar
    

You may need to restart the server to ensure the new JAR file is loaded properly, which can be accomplished by running the composite.bat script located at: C:\Program Files\TIBCO\TDV Server <version>\bin. Note that reauthenticating to the TDV Studio is required after restarting the server.

Sample Restart Call

.\composite.bat monitor restart
Once you deploy the adapter, you can create a new data source in TDV Studio for Airtable.

Create a Airtable Data Source in TDV Studio

With the CData TIBCO DV Adapter for Airtable, you can easily create a data source for Airtable and introspect the data source to add resources to TDV.

Create the Data Source

  1. Right-click on the folder you wish to add the data source to and select New -> New Data Source.
  2. Scroll until you find the adapter (e.g. Airtable) and click Next.
  3. Name the data source (e.g. CData Airtable Source).
  4. Fill in the required connection properties.

    APIKey, BaseId and TableNames parameters are required to connect to Airtable. ViewNames is an optional parameter where views of the tables may be specified.

    • APIKey : API Key of your account. To obtain this value, after logging in go to Account. In API section click Generate API key.
    • BaseId : Id of your base. To obtain this value, it is in the same section as the APIKey. Click on Airtable API, or navigate to https://airtable.com/api and select a base. In the introduction section you can find "The ID of this base is appxxN2ftedc0nEG7."
    • TableNames : A comma separated list of table names for the selected base. These are the same names of tables as found in the UI.
    • ViewNames : A comma separated list of views in the format of (table.view) names. These are the same names of the views as found in the UI.
  5. Click Create & Close.

Introspect the Data Source

Once the data source is created, you can introspect the data source by right-clicking and selecting Open. In the dashboard, click Add/Remove Resources and select the Tables, Views, and Stored Procedures to include as part of the data source. Click Next and Finish to add the selected Airtable tables, views, and stored procedures as resources.

After creating and introspecting the data source, you are ready to work with Airtable data in TIBCO Data Virtualization just like you would any other relational data source. You can create views, query using SQL, publish the data source, and more.