Connect to Beeminder Data in DBArtisan

The CData ODBC Driver for Beeminder seamlessly integrates Beeminder data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Beeminder data as a database. This article shows how to create an data source for Beeminder in DBArtisan and execute queries. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.

Integrate Beeminder Data into DBArtisan Projects

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.

Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Beeminder Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Beeminder.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Beeminder (see below).

Beeminder API Profile Settings

Log in to your Beeminder account and navigate to Settings > Account > Personal Auth Token to copy your auth_token value.

You can then follow the steps below to register Beeminder data as a database instance in your project:

1. In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
2. Select Generic ODBC.
3. Enter a name for the data source and select the DSN. 👁 The DSN of the data source to be registered. (Salesforce is shown.)
   
4. Finish the wizard to connect to Beeminder data. Beeminder entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer. 👁 The Datasource Explorer. (Salesforce is shown.)
   

You can now work with Beeminder data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Beeminder API.