How to connect to Exact Online Data from IntelliJ

The CData JDBC Driver for Exact Online enables you to access Exact Online as a JDBC data source, providing integration with rapid development tools in IDEs. This article shows how to use the data source configuration wizard to connect to Exact Online data in IntelliJ.

Create a JBDC Data Source for Exact Online

Follow the steps below to add the driver JAR and define connection properties required to connect to Exact Online data.

1. In the Data Sources window, right-click and then click Add Data Source -> DB Data Source.

2. In the Data Source Properties dialog that appears, the following properties are required:

   • JDBC Driver Files: Click the button next to this menu to add the JDBC Driver file cdata.jdbc.exactonline.jar, located in the installation directory.
   • JDBC Driver Class: In this menu, select cdata.jdbc.exactonline.ExactOnlineDriver from the list.

   • Database URL: Enter the connection URL in the JDBC URL property. The URL must start with jdbc:exactonline: and includes connection properties separated with semicolons.

     Exact Online uses the OAuth authentication standard. The InitiateOAuth connection property facilitates the OAuth flow -- by default, this is set to GETANDREFRESH. You can also use the embedded OAuth credentials or you can register an OAuth app with Exact to obtain your own. In addition to the OAuth values, provide the Region. If Division is not set, the default Division is determined.

     See the "Getting Started" chapter of the help documentation for more information.

     Built-in Connection String Designer

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

     java -jar cdata.jdbc.exactonline.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 (Salesforce is shown.)
     

     A typical JDBC URL is the following:

     jdbc:exactonline:Region='United States';Division=5512;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;

Edit and Save Exact Online Data

To discover schema information, right-click the data source you just created and click Refresh Tables. To query a table, right-click it and then click Open Tables Editor. You can also modify records in the Table Editor.