Connect to Google Analytics Data from PowerBuilder via ADO.NET

This article demonstrates using the CData ADO.NET Provider for Google Analytics in PowerBuilder, showcasing the ease of use and compatibility of these standards-based controls across various platforms and development technologies that support Microsoft .NET, including Appeon PowerBuilder.

This article shows how to create a basic PowerBuilder application that uses the CData ADO.NET Provider for Google Analytics to retrieve data.

1. In a new WPF Window Application solution, add all the Visual Controls needed for the connection properties. Below is a typical connection string:

   Profile=MyProfile;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;

   Google uses the OAuth authentication standard. To access Google APIs on behalf on individual users, you can use the embedded credentials or you can register your own OAuth app.

   OAuth also enables you to use a service account to connect on behalf of users in a Google Apps domain. To authenticate with a service account, register an application to obtain the OAuth JWT values.

   In addition to the OAuth values, set Profile to the profile you want to connect to. This can be set to either the Id or website URL for the Profile. If not specified, the first Profile returned will be used.

2. Add the DataGrid control from the .NET controls.
3. Configure the columns of the DataGrid control. Below are several columns from the Account table:

   <DataGrid AutoGenerateColumns="False" Margin="13,249,12,14" Name="datagrid1" TabIndex="70" ItemsSource="{Binding}">
   <DataGrid.Columns>
    <DataGridTextColumn x:Name="idColumn" Binding="{Binding Path=Id}" Header="Id" Width="SizeToHeader" />
    <DataGridTextColumn x:Name="nameColumn" Binding="{Binding Path=Browser}" Header="Browser" Width="SizeToHeader" />
   		...
   	</DataGrid.Columns>
   </DataGrid>
   

4. Add a reference to the CData ADO.NET Provider for Google Analytics assembly.

Connect the DataGrid

Once the visual elements have been configured, you can use standard ADO.NET objects like Connection, Command, and DataAdapter to populate a DataTable with the results of an SQL query:

System.Data.CData.GoogleAnalytics.GoogleAnalyticsConnection conn 
conn = create System.Data.CData.GoogleAnalytics.GoogleAnalyticsConnection(connectionString)

System.Data.CData.GoogleAnalytics.GoogleAnalyticsCommand comm 
comm = create System.Data.CData.GoogleAnalytics.GoogleAnalyticsCommand(command, conn)

System.Data.DataTable table
table = create System.Data.DataTable

System.Data.CData.GoogleAnalytics.GoogleAnalyticsDataAdapter dataAdapter
dataAdapter = create System.Data.CData.GoogleAnalytics.GoogleAnalyticsDataAdapter(comm)
dataAdapter.Fill(table)	
datagrid1.ItemsSource=table.DefaultView

The code above can be used to bind data from the specified query to the DataGrid.