Query Oracle Financials Cloud Data as a SQL Server Database in Node.js

You can use CData Connect AI to query Oracle Financials Cloud data through a SQL Server interface. Follow the procedure below to create a virtual database for Oracle Financials Cloud in Connect AI and start querying using Node.js.

CData Connect AI provides a pure MySQL, cloud-to-cloud interface for Oracle Financials Cloud, allowing you to easily query live Oracle Financials Cloud data in Node.js — without replicating the data to a natively supported database. As you query data in Node.js, CData Connect AI pushes all supported SQL operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to Oracle Financials Cloud, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return Oracle Financials Cloud data.

Configure Oracle Financials Cloud Connectivity for NodeJS

Connectivity to Oracle Financials Cloud from NodeJS is made possible through CData Connect AI. To work with Oracle Financials Cloud data from NodeJS, we start by creating and configuring a Oracle Financials Cloud connection.

1. Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection
👁 Adding a Connection

2. Select "Oracle Financials Cloud" from the Add Connection panel
👁 Selecting a data source

3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Oracle Financials Cloud.

   Using Basic Authentication

   You must set the following to authenticate to Oracle ERP:

   • Url: The Url of the account to connect to. Typically, the URL of your Oracle Cloud service. For example, https://servername.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com.
   • User: The username of your account.
   • Password: The password of your account.
   👁 Configuring a connection (Salesforce is shown)
   
4. Click Save & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Oracle Financials Cloud Connection page and update the User-based permissions. 👁 Updating permissions
   

Add a Personal Access Token

When connecting to Connect AI through the REST API, the OData API, or the Virtual SQL Server, a Personal Access Token (PAT) is used to authenticate the connection to Connect AI. It is best practice to create a separate PAT for each service to maintain granularity of access.

1. Click on the Gear icon () at the top right of the Connect AI app to open the settings page.
2. On the Settings page, go to the Access Tokens section and click Create PAT.
3. Give the PAT a name and click Create. 👁 Creating a new PAT
   
4. The personal access token is only visible at creation, so be sure to copy it and store it securely for future use.

With the connection configured and a PAT generated, you are ready to connect to Oracle Financials Cloud data from Node.js.

Query Oracle Financials Cloud from Node.js

The following example shows how to define a connection and execute queries to Oracle Financials Cloud with the SQL Server module. You will need the following information:

• server: tds.cdata.com
• port: 14333
• user: a Connect AI user (e.g. [email protected])
• password: the PAT for the above user
• database: The connection you configured for Oracle Financials Cloud (OracleERP1)

Connect to Oracle Financials Cloud data and start executing queries with the code below:

var sql = require('mssql')
var config = {
	server: 'tds.cdata.com',
	port: 14333, 
	user: '[email protected]', //update me
	password: 'CONNECT_USER_PAT', //update me	
	options: {
		encrypt: true,
		database: 'OracleERP1'
	}
}

sql.connect(config, err => { 
 if(err){
 throw err ;
 }
 new sql.Request().query('SELECT * FROM Invoices', (err, result) => {
 console.dir(result)
 })
 
});

sql.on('error', err => {
 console.log("SQL Error: " ,err);
})