How to Access Live Zoho Creator Data in Power Automate Desktop via ODBC

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

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

Connect to Zoho Creator 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.

The connector is already registered with Zoho Creator as an OAuth application.

If you would prefer to use your own custom OAuth app, see the Help documentation.

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 Zoho Creator Data into Power Automate Workflows

After configuring the DSN for Zoho Creator, you are ready to integrate Zoho Creator 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 Zoho Creator, query Zoho Creator 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 Zoho Creator 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 Leave_Types

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 Zoho Creator data into a CSV file.

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

Related Power Automate Articles

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

• Zoho Creator Data in Power Automate Desktop using CData Connect Cloud
• Zoho Creator Data in Power Automate (Online) using CData Connect Cloud