Integrate Greenhouse 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 Greenhouse, you get live access to Greenhouse data, directly within Informatica Cloud. In this article, we will walk through downloading and registering the Cloud Secure Agent, connecting to Greenhouse 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 Greenhouse 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 Greenhouse JDBC Driver

With the Cloud Secure Agent installed and running, you are ready to connect to Greenhouse 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.greenhouse.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 Greenhouse in Informatica Cloud

• Connection Name: Name your connection (i.e.: CData Greenhouse 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.greenhouse.GreenhouseDriver
• JDBC Connection URL: Set this to the JDBC URL for Greenhouse. Your URL will look similar to the following:
  
  jdbc:greenhouse:APIKey=YourAPIKey;

  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.

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

Create a Mapping for Greenhouse Data

With the connection to Greenhouse configured, we can now access Greenhouse data in any Informatica process. The steps below walk through creating a mapping for Greenhouse 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 Greenhouse 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 Greenhouse data with any of the supported connections in Informatica Cloud. Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for Greenhouse and start working with your live Greenhouse data in Informatica Cloud today.