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⇱ Connect to MongoDB from Asprova with CData ODBC Driver for MongoDB

Connect to MongoDB from Asprova with CData ODBC Driver for MongoDB

👁 Jerod Johnson
Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism
This article shows how to connect faster to MongoDB data from Asprova.

The CData ODBC driver for MongoDB enables you to access MongoDB data from Asprova. In this article, you will import MongoDB data into item data in Asprova as an example.

About MongoDB Data Integration

Accessing and integrating live data from MongoDB has never been easier with CData. Customers rely on CData connectivity to:

MongoDB's flexibility means that it can be used as a transactional, operational, or analytical database. That means CData customers use our solutions to integrate their business data with MongoDB or integrate their MongoDB data with their data warehouse (or both). Customers also leverage our live connectivity options to analyze and report on MongoDB directly from their preferred tools, like Power BI and Tableau.

For more details on MongoDB use case and how CData enhances your MongoDB experience, check out our blog post: The Top 10 Real-World MongoDB Use Cases You Should Know in 2024.


Getting Started


Asprova setting

  1. Click File -> Data I/O Settings.

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  2. Double click the header of Item and open the Edit I/O dialog.

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  3. Select "No" from the RDB transaction combo box and close the dialog.

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Data driver setting

  1. Select "OLE DB" from combo box in "Data source" column.

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  2. Click button in Folder/database column and open the Data Link Property dialog. Select "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers" from the list of data provider.

  3. Select the Connection tab. Check "Use data source name" and select "CData MongoDB Source" from DSN combo box.

  4. Click the Test Connection button and make sure you see the message "Connection successful".

Schema setting

  1. Click the button in "External table name" column and open the Table List dialog. Make sure tables in MongoDB are listed in the dialog.

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  2. Click the button in "Field mapping" column and open the Item-Field Mapping dialog.

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  3. Open the context menu in the space between tables and click Delete All. Link corresponding fields by dragging mouse.

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  4. Click File > Import and data will be imported into Asprova.

Check data

Click Table View > Item. Be sure you can see the item data stored in MongoDB.

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MongoDB ODBC Driver

The MongoDB ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live MongoDB document databases, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access MongoDB like you would a database - read, write, and update through a standard ODBC Driver interface.