Connect to Greenhouse Data in Aqua Data Studio

The CData JDBC Driver for Greenhouse integrates Greenhouse data with wizards and analytics in IDEs like Aqua Data Studio. This article shows how to connect to Greenhouse data through the connection manager and execute queries.

Create a JDBC Data Source

You can use the connection manager to define connection properties and save them in a new JDBC data source. The Greenhouse data source can then be accessed from Aqua Data Studio tools.

1. In Aqua Data Studio, select Register Server from the Servers menu.
2. In the Register Server form, select the 'Generic - JDBC' connection.
3. Enter the following JDBC connection properties:
   • Name: Enter a name for the data source; for example, Greenhouse.
   • Driver Location: Click the Browse button and select the cdata.jdbc.greenhouse.jar file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
   • Driver: Enter the Driver's class name, cdata.jdbc.greenhouse.GreenhouseDriver.

   • URL: Enter the JDBC URL, which starts with jdbc:greenhouse: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.

     You need an API key to connect to Greenhouse. To create an API key, follow the steps below:

     1. Click the Configure icon in the navigation bar and locate Dev Center on the left.
     2. Select API Credential Management.
     3. Click Create New API Key.
     • Set "API Type" to Harvest.
     • Set "Partner" to custom.
     • Optionally, provide a description.
     4. Proceed to Manage permissions and select the appropriate permissions based on the resources you want to access through the driver.
     5. Copy the created key and set APIKey to that value.

     Built-in Connection String Designer

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

     java -jar cdata.jdbc.greenhouse.jar

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

     A typical JDBC URL is below:
     jdbc:greenhouse:APIKey=YourAPIKey;

Query Greenhouse Data

You can now query the tables exposed.