Replicate NetSuite Data from PowerShell



The CData ODBC Driver for NetSuite enables out-of-the-box integration with Microsoft's built-in support for ODBC. The ODBC driver instantly integrates connectivity to the real NetSuite data with PowerShell.

You can use the .NET Framework Provider for ODBC built into PowerShell to quickly automate integration tasks like replicating NetSuite data to other databases. This article shows how to replicate NetSuite data to SQL Server in 5 lines of code.

You can also write PowerShell code to execute create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations. See the examples below.

Getting Started

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Create an ODBC Data Source for NetSuite

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.

The User and Password properties, under the Authentication section, must be set to valid NetSuite user credentials. In addition, the AccountId must be set to the ID of a company account that can be used by the specified User. The RoleId can be optionally specified to log in the user with limited permissions.

See the "Getting Started" chapter of the help documentation for more information on connecting to NetSuite.

Connect to NetSuite

The code below shows how to use the DSN to initialize the connection to NetSuite data in PowerShell:

$conn = New-Object System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection
$conn.ConnectionString = "DSN=CData NetSuite Source x64"

Back Up NetSuite Data to SQL Server

After you enable caching, you can use the code below to replicate data to SQL Server.

Set the following connection properties to configure the caching database:

• CacheProvider: The name of the ADO.NET provider. This can be found in the Machine.config for your version of .NET. For example, to configure SQL Server, enter System.Data.SqlClient.

• CacheConnection: The connection string of properties required to connect to the database. Below is an example for SQL Server:

  Server=localhost;Database=RSB;User Id=sqltest;Password=sqltest;

The SQL query in the example can be used to refresh the entire cached table, including its schema. Any already existing cache is deleted.

$conn.Open()
# Create and execute the SQL Query
$SQL = "CACHE DROP EXISTING SELECT * FROM " + $SalesOrder
$cmd = New-Object System.Data.Odbc.OdbcCommand($sql,$conn)
$count = $cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
$conn.Close()

The driver gives you complete control over the caching functionality. See the help documentation for more caching commands and usage examples. See the help documentation for steps to replicate to other databases.

Other Operations

To retrieve NetSuite data in PowerShell, call the Fill method of the OdbcDataAdapter method. To execute data manipulation commands, initialize the OdbcCommand object and then call ExecuteNonQuery. Below are some more examples CRUD commands to NetSuite through the .NET Framework Provider for ODBC:

Retrieve NetSuite Data

$sql="SELECT CustomerName, SalesOrderTotal from SalesOrder"
 
$da= New-Object System.Data.Odbc.OdbcDataAdapter($sql, $conn)
$dt= New-Object System.Data.DataTable
$da.Fill($dt) 
 
$dt.Rows | foreach {
 $dt.Columns | foreach ($col in dt{
 Write-Host $1[$_]
 }
}

Update NetSuite Data

$cmd = New-Object System.Data.Odbc.OdbcCommand("UPDATE SalesOrder SET Class_Name='Furniture : Office' WHERE InternalId = @myInternalId", $conn)
$cmd.Parameters.Add(new System.Data.Odbc.OdbcParameter("myInternalId","001d000000YBRseAAH")
$cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()

Insert NetSuite Data

$cmd = New-Object System.Data.Odbc.OdbcCommand("INSERT INTO SalesOrder SET Class_Name='Furniture : Office' WHERE InternalId = @myInternalId", $conn)
$cmd.Parameters.Add(new System.Data.Odbc.OdbcParameter("myInternalId","001d000000YBRseAAH")
$cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()

Delete NetSuite Data

$cmd = New-Object System.Data.Odbc.OdbcCommand("DELETE FROM SalesOrder WHERE InternalId = @myid", $conn)
$cmd.Parameters.Add(new System.Data.Odbc.OdbcParameter("myInternalId","001d000000YBRseAAH")
$cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()