Manage Facebook Ads Data in DBArtisan as a JDBC Source

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

Integrate Facebook Ads Data into DBArtisan Projects

Follow the steps below to register Facebook Ads data as a database instance in your project:

1. In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
2. Select Generic JDBC.
3. Click Manage.
4. In the resulting dialog, click New. Enter a name for the driver and click Add. In the resulting dialog, navigate to the driver JAR. The driver JAR is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory. 👁 The JDBC driver definition in the Register Datasource wizard. (Salesforce is shown.)
   
5. In the Connection URL box, enter credentials and other required connection properties in the JDBC URL.

   Most tables require user authentication as well as application authentication. Facebook uses the OAuth authentication standard. To authenticate to Facebook, you can use the embedded OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL or you can obtain your own by registering an app with Facebook.

   See the Getting Started chapter of the help documentation for a guide to using OAuth.

   Built-in Connection String Designer

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

   java -jar cdata.jdbc.facebookads.jar
   

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

   👁 Required JDBC connection properties in the Register Datasource wizard. (Salesforce is shown.)
   

   Below is a typical connection string:

   jdbc:facebookads:InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;

6. Finish the wizard to connect to Facebook Ads data. Facebook Ads entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.

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