Integrate Cvent Data in Your Informatica Cloud Instance

Informatica Cloud allows you to perform extract, transform, and load (ETL) tasks in the cloud. With the Cloud Secure Agent and the CData JDBC Driver for Cvent, you get live access to Cvent data, directly within Informatica Cloud. In this article, we will walk through downloading and registering the Cloud Secure Agent, connecting to Cvent through the JDBC Driver and generating a mapping that can be used in any Informatica Cloud process.

Informatica Cloud Secure Agent

To work with the Cvent data through the JDBC Driver, install the Cloud Secure Agent.

1. Navigate to the Administrator page in Informatica Cloud
2. Select the Runtime Environments tab
3. Click "Download Secure Agent"
4. Make note of the Install Token
5. Run the installer on the client machine and register the Cloud Secure Agent with your username and install token

NOTE: It may take some time for all of the Cloud Secure Agent services to get up and running.

Connecting to the Cvent JDBC Driver

With the Cloud Secure Agent installed and running, you are ready to connect to Cvent through the JDBC Driver.

Adding the JDBC Driver to the Secure Agent Machine

1. Navigate to the following directory on the Secure Agent machine:
   %Secure Agent installation directory%/ext/connectors/thirdparty/
2. Create a folder and add the driver JAR file (cdata.jdbc.cvent.jar) based on the type of mapping that you want to configure.

   For mappings, create the following folder and add the driver JAR file:

   informatica.jdbc_v2/common

   For mappings in advanced mode, also create the following folder and add the driver JAR file:

   informatica.jdbc_v2/spark
3. Restart the Secure Agent.

Connecting to Cvent in Informatica Cloud

• Connection Name: Name your connection (i.e.: CData Cvent Connection)
• Type: Select "JDBC_V2"
• Runtime Environment: Select the runtime environment where you installed the Secure Agent
• JDBC Driver Class Name: The name of the JDBC driver class: cdata.jdbc.cvent.CventDriver
• JDBC Connection URL: Set this to the JDBC URL for Cvent. Your URL will look similar to the following:
  
  jdbc:cvent:OAuthClientId=MyOAuthClientId;OAuthClientSecret=MyOAuthClientSecret;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;

  Before you can authenticate to Cvent, you must create a workspace and an OAuth application.

  Creating a Workspace

  To create a workspace:

  1. Sign into Cvent and navigate to App Switcher (the blue button in the upper right corner of the page) >> Admin.
  2. In the Admin menu, navigate to Integrations >> REST API.
  3. A new tab launches for Developer Management. Click on Manage API Access in the new tab.
  4. Create a Workspace and name it. Select the scopes you would like your developers to have access to. Scopes control what data domains the developer can access.
     • Choose All to allow developers to choose any scope, and any future scopes added to the REST API.
     • Choose Custom to limit the scopes developers can choose for their OAuth apps to selected scopes. To access all tables exposed by the driver, you need to set the following scopes:

       event/attendees:read	event/attendees:write	event/contacts:read
       event/contacts:write	event/custom-fields:read	event/custom-fields:write
       event/events:read	event/events:write	event/sessions:delete
       event/sessions:read	event/sessions:write	event/speakers:delete
       event/speakers:read	event/speakers:write	budget/budget-items:read
       budget/budget-items:write	exhibitor/exhibitors:read	exhibitor/exhibitors:write
       survey/surveys:read	survey/surveys:write

  Creating an OAuth Application

  After you have set up a Workspace and invited them, developers can sign up and create a custom OAuth app. See the Creating a Custom OAuth Application section in the Help documentation for more information.

  Connecting to Cvent

  After creating an OAuth application, set the following connection properties to connect to Cvent:

  • InitiateOAuth: GETANDREFRESH. Used to automatically get and refresh the OAuthAccessToken.
  • OAuthClientId: The Client ID associated with the OAuth application. You can find this on the Applications page in the Cvent Developer Portal.
  • OAuthClientSecret: The Client secret associated with the OAuth application. You can find this on the Applications page in the Cvent Developer Portal.

  Built-In Connection String Designer

  For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Cvent JDBC Driver. Either double-click the .jar file or execute the .jar file from the command-line.

  java -jar cdata.jdbc.cvent.jar

  Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

• Username: Set this to a placeholder value (since Cvent does not require a username)
• Password: Set this to a placeholder value (since Cvent does not require a password)

Create a Mapping for Cvent Data

With the connection to Cvent configured, we can now access Cvent data in any Informatica process. The steps below walk through creating a mapping for Cvent to another data target.

1. Navigate to the Data Integration page
2. Click New.. and select Mapping from the Mappings tab
3. Click the Source Object and in the Source tab, select the Connection and set the Source Type
4. Click "Select" to choose the table to map
5. In the Fields tab, select the fields from the Cvent table to map
6. Click the Target object and configure the Target source, table and fields. In the Field Mapping tab, map the source fields to the target fields.

With the mapping configured, you are ready to start integrating live Cvent data with any of the supported connections in Informatica Cloud. Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for Cvent and start working with your live Cvent data in Informatica Cloud today.