Azure DevOps Reporting and Star Schemas in OBIEE

The CData ODBC Driver for Azure DevOps is a standard database driver that can integrate real-time access to Azure DevOps data into your data warehouse or directly into your reporting tool. This article shows how to bypass the data warehouse and import operational Azure DevOps data into Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE).

See the knowledge base for ODBC integrations with ETL tools like Informatica PowerCenter. For an ETL solution into Oracle Warehouse Builder, use the driver with the Oracle ODBC Gateway to Access Azure DevOps Data as a Remote Oracle Database.

Connect to Azure DevOps 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.

You can connect to your Azure DevOps account by providing the Organization and PersonalAccessToken.

Obtaining a Personal Access Token

A PersonalAccessToken is necessary for account authentication.

To generate one, log in to your Azure DevOps Organization account and navigate to Profile -> Personal Access Tokens -> New Token. The generated token will be displayed.

If you wish to authenticate to Azure DevOps using OAuth refer to the online Help documentation for an authentication guide.

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 reports and visualizations.

Import Azure DevOps Metadata

Follow the steps below to use the OBIEE Client Tools to import Azure DevOps metadata into an OBIEE repository. You can then integrate Azure DevOps data into your business models.

1. Open the Administration Tool and click File -> New Repository.

2. In the Connection Type menu, select ODBC 3.5 and select the CData DSN.
3. Select the metadata types you want to import under the Relational Sources option and then select Azure DevOps tables. 👁 Tables to be imported into the repository. (Salesforce is shown.)
   

You can now create star schemas based on Azure DevOps tables: 👁 Fact and dimension tables. (Salesforce is shown.)