Connect to MYOB AccountRight Data in NetBeans

The CData JDBC Driver for MYOB AccountRight integrates connectivity to live MYOB AccountRight data in IDEs that support JDBC. The JDBC standard enables you to use built-in data access wizards and other tools supporting rapid development. This article shows how to connect to MYOB AccountRight data in NetBeans. You will create a connection and edit and save MYOB AccountRight data in the Table Editor.

Create a JDBC Data Source for MYOB AccountRight in NetBeans

To create the JDBC data source, expand the Database node in the Service window, right-click the Drivers node, and select New Driver. In the New Driver wizard that results, enter the following information:

• Driver File(s): Click Add and, in the file explorer dialog that appears, select the cdata.jdbc.myob.jar file. The driver JAR is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
• Driver Class: Click Find to search for the driver class inside the JAR. Then select cdata.jdbc.myob.MYOBDriver from the menu.
• Name: Enter the name for the driver.

Define Connection Parameters

Follow the steps below to define required connection properties:

1. In the Service window, right-click the Database node and click New Connection.

2. In the New Connection Wizard, enter the following connection properties:

   • Driver Name: In the menu, select the CData JDBC Driver for MYOB AccountRight.
   • User Name: Enter the username. This can also be defined in the JDBC URL.
   • Password: Enter the password. This can also be defined in the JDBC URL.

   • JDBC URL: Specify the JDBC URL.

     These properties are required when connecting to a company file (both for Cloud and On-Premise instances).

     • CompanyFileId: You can find this by starting MYOB, opening your data file, and selecting Help -> About MYOB
     • User: The username associated with your company file.
     • Password: The password associated with your company file.

     Connecting to a Cloud Instance

     To connect to a cloud instance of MYOB, you can use the embedded OAuth credentials or create an OAuth app with MYOB. This process is detailed in the Help documentation.

     Connecting to an On-Premise instance:

     When connecting to an on-premise instance, you will need to set the following connection property in addition to those above:

     • InitiateOauth: Set this to OFF.
     • Url: The Url of your MYOB instance.

     Built-in Connection String Designer

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

     java -jar cdata.jdbc.myob.jar

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

     A typical JDBC URL is the following:

     jdbc:myob:OAuthClientId=YourClientId; OAuthClientSecret=YourClientSecret; CompanyFileId=yourCompanyFileId; CallbackURL=http://localhost:33333; User=companyFileUser; Password=companyFilePassword; InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

Query MYOB AccountRight Data

To connect to MYOB AccountRight data, right-click the connection in the Database node and click Connect. After the connection is established, you can expand it to discover schema information.

To load a table in the Data Views window, right-click the table and then click View Data. You can also insert, update, or delete records in the Data Views window.