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⇱ Connect to Sage Intacct Data from PowerBuilder via ODBC

Connect to Sage Intacct Data from PowerBuilder via ODBC

👁 Jerod Johnson
Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism
This article demonstrates how to use the CData ODBC Driver for Sage Intacct to connect to Sage Intacct data and execute queries in PowerBuilder.

The CData ODBC Driver for Sage Intacct can be used from any platform or development technology that supports ODBC, including PowerBuilder. This article shows how to connect to Sage Intacct data and execute queries from the Database Painter and controls such as the DataWindow.

About Sage Intacct Data Integration

CData provides the easiest way to access and integrate live data from Sage Intact. Customers use CData connectivity to:

  • Access Sage Intacct without worrying about API updates or changes.
  • Access custom objects and fields in Sage Intacct with no extra configuration steps involved.
  • Write data back to Sage Intacct using embedded Web Services credentials with Basic authentication.
  • Use SQL stored procedures to perform functional operations like approving or declining vendors, inserting engagements, and creating or deleting custom objects or fields.

Users frequently integrate Sage Intact with analytics tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and Excel, and leverage our tools to replicate Workday data to databases or data warehouses.

To learn about how other customers are using CData's Sage Intacct solutions, check out our blog: Drivers in Focus: Accounting Connectivity.


Getting Started


Connect to Sage Intacct as an ODBC Data Source

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

To connect using the Login method, the following connection properties are required: User, Password, CompanyId, SenderId and SenderPassword.

User, Password, and CompanyId are the credentials for the account you wish to connect to.

SenderId and SenderPassword are the Web Services credentials assigned to you by Sage Intacct.

Create a Profile for the ODBC Driver for Sage Intacct

Follow the steps below to use the Database Painter tool to create a database profile based on an ODBC DSN (data source name) for Sage Intacct. In the Database Painter, you can use wizards and the UI to work with Sage Intacct data.

  1. In PowerBuilder, click Tools -> Database Painter.
  2. In the Objects window in the Database Painter, right-click the ODBC node and click New Profile.
  3. On the Connection tab, enter a name for the profile and select the Sage Intacct DSN in the Data Source menu. 👁 The ODBC DSN, required to create the Database Profile. (Salesforce is shown.)
  4. To view and modify a table, right-click a table and then click Edit Data -> Grid.
👁 Live data accessible from an editable grid. (Salesforce is shown.)

Using Sage Intacct Data with PowerBuilder Controls

You can use standard PowerBuilder objects to connect to ODBC data sources and execute queries. The following example shows how to retrieve Sage Intacct data into a DataWindow. You can add the following code to the open method: 

SQLCA.DBMS = "ODBC"
SQLCA.DBParm = "ConnectString='DSN=CData SageIntacct Source'"
CONNECT USING SQLCA;
dw_customer.SetTransObject(SQLCA);
dw_customer.Retrieve();

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Sage Intacct ODBC Driver

The Sage Intacct ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Sage Intacct, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access Sage Intacct data like you would a database - read, write, and update Sage Intacct Contacts, Invoices, Transactions, Vendors, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.