Connect to Zoho CRM Data in as an External Source in Dremio

The CData JDBC Driver for Zoho CRM implements JDBC Standards and allows various applications, including Dremio, to work with live Zoho CRM 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 Zoho CRM data as a part of your enterprise data lake. This article describes how to connect to Zoho CRM data from Dremio as an External Source.

The CData JDBC Driver enables high-speed access to live Zoho CRM data in Dremio. Once you install the driver, authenticate with Zoho CRM and gain immediate access to Zoho CRM data within your data lake. By surfacing Zoho CRM data using native data types and handling complex filters, aggregations, & other operations automatically, the CData JDBC Driver grants seamless access to Zoho CRM 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 Zoho CRM to %DREMIO_HOME%/jars/3rdparty. You can use commands similar to the following:

ARP Connector

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

JDBC Driver for Zoho CRM

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

Connecting to Zoho CRM

Zoho CRM will now appear as an External Source option in Dremio. The ARP Connector built uses a JDBC URL to connect to Zoho CRM 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 Zoho CRM JDBC Driver. Double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command line.

java -jar cdata.jdbc.zohocrm.jar

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

The connector is already registered with Zoho CRM as an OAuth application. As such, OAuth Credentials are embedded by default. If you would prefer to use your own custom OAuth app, see the Custom Credentials section in the Help documentation.

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:zohocrm:RTK=5246...;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

Access Zoho CRM as an External Source

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

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

More Information & Free Trial

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