Connect to Oracle Financials Cloud Data from PowerBuilder via ODBC

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

Connect to Oracle Financials Cloud 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.

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.

Create a Profile for the ODBC Driver for Oracle Financials Cloud

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

Using Oracle Financials Cloud 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 Oracle Financials Cloud data into a DataWindow. You can add the following code to the open method:

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