Integrate Oracle Eloqua Reporting Data in Your Informatica Cloud Instance

Informatica Cloud allows you to perform extract, transform, and load (ETL) tasks in the cloud. With the Cloud Secure Agent and the CData JDBC Driver for Oracle Eloqua Reporting, you get live access to Oracle Eloqua Reporting data, directly within Informatica Cloud. In this article, we will walk through downloading and registering the Cloud Secure Agent, connecting to Oracle Eloqua Reporting through the JDBC Driver and generating a mapping that can be used in any Informatica Cloud process.

Informatica Cloud Secure Agent

To work with the Oracle Eloqua Reporting data through the JDBC Driver, install the Cloud Secure Agent.

1. Navigate to the Administrator page in Informatica Cloud 👁 Image
   
2. Select the Runtime Environments tab
3. Click "Download Secure Agent" 👁 Image
   
4. Make note of the Install Token 👁 Image
   
5. Run the installer on the client machine and register the Cloud Secure Agent with your username and install token 👁 Image
   

NOTE: It may take some time for all of the Cloud Secure Agent services to get up and running.

Connecting to the Oracle Eloqua Reporting JDBC Driver

With the Cloud Secure Agent installed and running, you are ready to connect to Oracle Eloqua Reporting through the JDBC Driver.

Adding the JDBC Driver to the Secure Agent Machine

1. Navigate to the following directory on the Secure Agent machine:

   %Secure Agent installation directory%/ext/connectors/thirdparty/

2. Create a folder and add the driver JAR file (cdata.jdbc.oracleeloquareporting.jar) based on the type of mapping that you want to configure.

   For mappings, create the following folder and add the driver JAR file:

   informatica.jdbc_v2/common

   For mappings in advanced mode, also create the following folder and add the driver JAR file:

   informatica.jdbc_v2/spark

3. Restart the Secure Agent.

Connecting to Oracle Eloqua Reporting in Informatica Cloud

After installing the driver JAR file, you are ready to configure your connection to Oracle Eloqua Reporting in Informatica Cloud. Start by clicking the Connections tab and clicking New Connection. Fill in the following properties for the connection:

• Connection Name: Name your connection (i.e.: CData Oracle Eloqua Reporting Connection)
• Type: Select "JDBC_V2"
• Runtime Environment: Select the runtime environment where you installed the Secure Agent
• JDBC Driver Class Name: The name of the JDBC driver class: cdata.jdbc.oracleeloquareporting.OracleEloquaReportingDriver
• JDBC Connection URL: Set this to the JDBC URL for Oracle Eloqua Reporting. Your URL will look similar to the following:
  
  

  jdbc:oracleeloquareporting:AuthScheme=Basic;User=user;Password=password;Company=MyCompany;

  Oracle Eloqua Reporting supports the following authentication methods:

  • Basic authentication (User and Password)
  • OAuth 2.0 code grant flow
  • OAuth 2.0 password grant flow

  Basic Authentication (User and Password)

  To perform authentication with a user and password, specify these properties:

  • AuthScheme: Basic.
  • Company: The company name associated with your Oracle Eloqua Reporting account.
  • User: Your login account name.
  • Password: Your login password.

  OAuth Authentication (Code Grant Flow)

  To authenticate with the OAuth code grant flow, you must set AuthScheme to OAuth and create a custom OAuth application. For information about how to create a custom OAuth application, see the Help documentation.

  Then set the following properties:

  • InitiateOAuth: GETANDREFRESH. Used to automatically get and refresh the OAuthAccessToken.
  • OAuthClientId: The client Id assigned when you registered your application.
  • OAuthClientSecret: The client secret that was assigned when you registered your application.
  • CallbackURL: The redirect URI that was defined when you registered your application.

  When you connect, the driver opens Oracle Eloqua Reporting's OAuth endpoint in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions to the application. When the access token expires, the driver refreshes it automatically.

  OAuth Authentication (Password Grant Flow)

  With the OAuth password grant flow, you can use your OAuth application's credentials alongside your user credentials to authenticate without the need to grant permission manually via a browser prompt. You must create an OAuth app (see the Help documentation) to use this authentication method.

  Set the following properties:

  • AuthScheme: OAuthPassword
  • Company: The company's unique identifier.
  • User: Your login account name.
  • Password: Your login password.
  • OAuthClientId: The client Id assigned when you registered your custom OAuth application.
  • OAuthClientSecret: The client secret assigned when you registered your custom OAuth application.

  Built-In Connection String Designer

  For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Oracle Eloqua Reporting JDBC Driver. Either double-click the .jar file or execute the .jar file from the command-line.

   java -jar cdata.jdbc.oracleeloquareporting.jar
   

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

  👁 Using the built-in connection string designer to generate a JDBC URL (Google Sheets is shown.)
  
• Username: Set this to the username for Oracle Eloqua Reporting
• Password: Set this to the password for Oracle Eloqua Reporting

👁 Configuring the Connection (Google Sheets is shown.

Create a Mapping for Oracle Eloqua Reporting Data

With the connection to Oracle Eloqua Reporting configured, we can now access Oracle Eloqua Reporting data in any Informatica process. The steps below walk through creating a mapping for Oracle Eloqua Reporting to another data target.

1. Navigate to the Data Integration page 👁 Image
   
2. Click New.. and select Mapping from the Mappings tab 👁 Image
   
3. Click the Source Object and in the Source tab, select the Connection and set the Source Type 👁 Selecting the Source Connection and Source Type
   
4. Click "Select" to choose the table to map 👁 Selecting the Source Object
   
5. In the Fields tab, select the fields from the Oracle Eloqua Reporting table to map 👁 Selecting Source Fields to map
   
6. Click the Target object and configure the Target source, table and fields. In the Field Mapping tab, map the source fields to the target fields. 👁 Selecting the Target Field Mappings
   

With the mapping configured, you are ready to start integrating live Oracle Eloqua Reporting data with any of the supported connections in Informatica Cloud. Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for Oracle Eloqua Reporting and start working with your live Oracle Eloqua Reporting data in Informatica Cloud today.