Connect to Sage 200 Data in as an External Source in Dremio

The CData JDBC Driver for Sage 200 implements JDBC Standards and allows various applications, including Dremio, to work with live Sage 200 data. Dremio is a data lakehouse platform designed to empower self-service, interactive analytics on the data lake. With the CData JDBC Driver, you can include live Sage 200 data as a part of your enterprise data lake. This article describes how to connect to Sage 200 data from Dremio as an External Source.

The CData JDBC Driver enables high-speed access to live Sage 200 data in Dremio. Once you install the driver, authenticate with Sage 200 and gain immediate access to Sage 200 data within your data lake. By surfacing Sage 200 data using native data types and handling complex filters, aggregations, & other operations automatically, the CData JDBC Driver grants seamless access to Sage 200 data.

Build the ARP Connector

To use the CData JDBC Driver in Dremio, you need to build an Advanced Relation Pushdown (ARP) Connector. You can view the source code for the Connector on GitHub or download the ZIP file (GitHub.com) directly. Once you copy or extract the files, run the following command from the root directory of the connector (the directory containing the pom.xml file) to build the connector.

mvn clean install

Once the JAR file for the connector is built (in the target directory), you are ready to copy the ARP connector and JDBC Driver to your Dremio instance.

Installing the Connector and JDBC Driver

Install the ARP Connector to %DREMIO_HOME%/jars/ and the JDBC Driver for Sage 200 to %DREMIO_HOME%/jars/3rdparty. You can use commands similar to the following:

ARP Connector

docker cp PATH\TO\dremio-sage200-plugin-20.0.0.jar dremio_image_name:/opt/dremio/jars/

JDBC Driver for Sage 200

docker cp PATH\TO\cdata.jdbc.sage200.jar dremio_image_name:/opt/dremio/jars/3rdparty/

Connecting to Sage 200

Sage 200 will now appear as an External Source option in Dremio. The ARP Connector built uses a JDBC URL to connect to Sage 200 data. The JDBC Driver has a built-in connection string designer that you can use (see below).

Built-in Connection String Designer

For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Sage 200 JDBC Driver. Double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command line.

java -jar cdata.jdbc.sage200.jar

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

• Schema: Determines which Sage 200 edition you are connecting to. Specify either StandardUK or ProfessionalUK.
• Subscription Key: Provides access to the APIs that are used to establish a connection. You will first need to log into the Sage 200 API website and subscribe to the API edition that matches your account. You can do so here: https://developer.columbus.sage.com/docs/services/api/uk. Afterwards, the subscription key may be found in your profile after logging into Sage 200.

NOTE: To use the JDBC Driver in Dremio, you will need a license (full or trial) and a Runtime Key (RTK). For more information on obtaining this license (or a trial), contact our sales team.

Add the Runtime Key (RTK) to the JDBC URL. You will end up with a JDBC URL similar to the following:

jdbc:sage200:RTK=5246...;SubscriptionKey=12345;Schema=StandardUK;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

Access Sage 200 as an External Source

To add Sage 200 as an External Source, click to add a new source and select Sage200. Copy the JDBC URL and paste it into the New Sage200 Source wizard.

Save the connection and you are ready to query live Sage 200 data in Dremio, easily incorporating Sage 200 data into your data lake.

More Information & Free Trial

Using the CData JDBC Driver for Sage 200 in Dremio, you can incorporate live Sage 200 data into your data lake. Check out our CData JDBC Driver for Sage 200 page for more information about connecting to Sage 200. Download a free, 30 day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for Sage 200 and get started today.