How to Access Live Greenhouse Data in Power Automate Desktop via ODBC

The CData ODBC Driver for Greenhouse enables you to access live Greenhouse data in workflow automation tools like Power Automate. This article shows how to integrate Greenhouse data into a simple workflow, moving Greenhouse data into a CSV file.

Through optimized data processing, CData ODBC Drivers offer unmatched performance for interacting with live Greenhouse data in Microsoft Power Automate. When you issue complex SQL queries from Power Automate to Greenhouse, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Greenhouse and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (e.g. SQL functions and JOIN operations).

Connect to Greenhouse as an ODBC Data Source

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

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.

When you configure the DSN, you may also want to set the Max Rows connection property. This will limit the number of rows returned, which is especially helpful for improving performance when designing workflows.

Integrate Greenhouse Data into Power Automate Workflows

After configuring the DSN for Greenhouse, you are ready to integrate Greenhouse data into your Power Automate workflows. Open Microsoft Power Automate, add a new flow, and name the flow.

In the flow editor, you can add the actions to connect to Greenhouse, query Greenhouse using SQL, and write the query results to a CSV document.

Add an Open SQL Connection Action

Add an "Open SQL connection" action (Actions -> Database) and configure the properties.

• Connection string: DSN=CData Greenhouse Source

After configuring the action, click Save.

Add an Execute SQL Statement Action

Add an "Execute SQL statement" action (Actions -> Database) and configure the properties.

• Get connection by: SQL connection variable
• SQL connection: %SQLConnection% (the variable from the "Open SQL connection" action above)
• SQL statement: SELECT * FROM Applications

After configuring the action, click Save.

Add a Write to CSV File Action

Add a "Write to CSV file" action (Actions -> File) and configure the properties.

• Variable to write to: %QueryResult% (the variable from the "Execute SQL statement" action above)
• File path: set to a file on disk
• Configure Advanced settings as needed.

After configuring the action, click Save.

Add a Close SQL Connection Action

Add a "Close SQL connection" action (Actions -> Database) and configure the properties.

• SQL Connection: %SQLConnection% (the variable from the "Open SQL connection" action above)

After configuring the action, click Save.

Save & Run the Flow

Once you have configured all the actions for the flow, click the disk icon to save the flow. Click the play icon to run the flow.

Now you have a workflow to move Greenhouse data into a CSV file.

With the CData ODBC Driver for Greenhouse, you get live connectivity to Greenhouse data within your Microsoft Power Automate workflows.

Related Power Automate Articles

This article walks through using the CData ODBC Driver for Greenhouse with Power Automate Desktop. Check out our other articles for more ways to work with Power Automate (Desktop & Online):

• Greenhouse Data in Power Automate Desktop using CData Connect
• Greenhouse Data in Power Automate (Online) using CData Connect