PowerShell Scripting to Replicate Certinia Data to MySQL

The CData Cmdlets for Certinia offer live access to Certinia data from within PowerShell. Using PowerShell scripts, you can easily automate regular tasks like data replication. This article will walk through using the CData Cmdlets for Certinia and the CData Cmdlets for MySQL in PowerShell to replicate Certinia data to a MySQL database.

After obtaining the needed connection properties, accessing Certinia data in PowerShell and preparing for replication consists of four basic steps.

There are several authentication methods available for connecting to Certinia: login credentials, SSO, and OAuth.

Authenticating with a Login and Token

Set the User and Password to your login credentials. Additionally, set the SecurityToken. By default, the SecurityToken is required, but you can make it optional by allowing a range of trusted IP addresses.

To disable the security token:

1. Log in to Certinia and enter "Network Access" in the Quick Find box in the setup section.
2. Add your IP address to the list of trusted IP addresses.

To obtain the security token:

1. Open the personal information page on certinia.com.
2. Click the link to reset your security token. The token will be emailed to you.
3. Specify the security token in the SecurityToken connection property or append it to the Password.

Authenticating with OAuth

If you do not have access to the user name and password or do not want to require them, use the OAuth user consent flow. See the OAuth section in the Help for an authentication guide.

Connecting to Certinia Sandbox Accounts

Set UseSandbox to true (false by default) to use a Certinia sandbox account. Ensure that you specify a sandbox user name in User.

Collecting Certinia Data

1. Install the module:

   Install-Module CertiniaCmdlets

2. Connect to Certinia:

    $certinia = Connect-Certinia -User $User -Password $Password -Security Token $Security Token -InitiateOAuth $InitiateOAuth
    

3. Retrieve the data from a specific resource:

    $data = Select-Certinia -Connection $certinia -Table "Account"
    

   You can also use the Invoke-Certinia cmdlet to execute pure SQL-92 statements:

    $data = Invoke-Certinia -Connection $certinia -Query 'SELECT * FROM Account WHERE Industry = @Industry' -Params @{'@Industry'='Floppy Disks'}
    

4. Save a list of the column names from the returned data.

    $columns = ($data | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object -Property Name).Name
    

Inserting Certinia Data into the MySQL Database

With the data and column names collected, you are ready to replicate the data into a MySQL database.

1. Install the module:

   Install-Module MySQLCmdlets

2. Connect to MySQL, using the server address and port of the MySQL server, valid user credentials, and a specific database with the table in which the data will be replicated:

    $mysql = Connect-MySQL -User $User -Password $Password -Database $Database -Server $Server -Port $Port
    

3. Loop through the Certinia data, store the values, and use the Add-MySQL cmdlet to insert the data into the MySQL database, one row at a time. In this example, the table will need to have the same name as the Certinia resource (Account) and to exist in the database.

    $data | % {
    $row = $_
    $values = @()
    $columns | % {
    $col = $_
    $values += $row.$($col)
    }
    Add-MySQL -Connection $mysql -Table "Account" -Columns $columns -Values $values
    }
    

You have now replicated your Certinia data to a MySQL database. This gives you freedom to work with Certinia data in the same way that you work with other MySQL tables, whether that is performing analytics, building reports, or other business functions.

Notes

• Once you have connected to Certinia and MySQL in PowerShell, you can pipe command results to perform the replication in a single line:

   Select-Certinia -Connection $certinia -Table "Account" | % {
   $row = $_
   $values = @()
   $columns | % {
   $col = $_
   $values += $row.$($col)
   }
   Add-MySQL -Connection $mysql -Table "Account" -Columns $columns -Values $values
   }
   

• If you wish to replicate the Certinia data to another database using another PowerShell module, you will want to exclude the Columns, Connection, and Table columns from the data returned by the Select-Certinia cmdlet since those columns are used to help pipe data from one CData cmdlet to another:

   $columns = ($data | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object -Property Name).Name | ? {$_ -NotIn @('Columns','Connection','Table')}