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The Square ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Square, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access Square Transactions, Items, Subscriptions, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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How to Use a Microsoft Access Database to Update Square Data in Real Time


Update Square data by creating a linked table in Microsoft Access with the CData Square ODBC Driver.

CData ODBC drivers connect your data to any database management tool that supports Open Database Connectivity (ODBC). This includes many of the most popular productivity tools, adding new capabilities for document sharing and collaboration. Using the CData ODBC driver for Square, you can update live Square data in Microsoft Access; for example, you can make updates that can be immediately seen by other users.

Connect to Square 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.

Square uses the OAuth authentication standard. To authenticate using OAuth, you will need to register an app with Square to obtain the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL. See the "Getting Started" chapter of the help documentation for a guide to using OAuth.

Additionally, you must specify the LocationId. You can retrieve the Ids for your Locations by querying the Locations table. Alternatively, you can set the LocationId in the search criteria of your query.

Create a Linked Table to Refunds Data

Follow the steps below to create a linked table, which enables you to access live Refunds data.

  1. On the External Data tab in Access, click ODBC Database.
  2. Select the option to link to the data source. A linked table will enable you to read from and write data to the Refunds table.

  3. Select the CData Square data source from the Machine Data Source tab.

  4. Select the Refunds table. For more information on this table, see the "Data Model" chapter in the help documentation.

  5. Double-click the linked table to make edits. The linked table will always have up-to-date data and any changes will be reflected back to the underlying table.