DataBind Salesforce Pardot Data to the DevExpress Data Grid

The ADO.NET Provider for Salesforce Pardot by CData incorporates conventional ADO.NET data access components compatible with third-party controls. You can adhere to the standard ADO.NET data binding procedures to establish two-way access to real-time data through UI controls. This article will demonstrate the utilization of CData components for data binding with DevExpress UI Controls (Windows Forms and Web controls), specifically binding to a chart that visualizes live data.

Salesforce Pardot supports connecting through API Version, Username, Password and User Key.

• ApiVersion: The Salesforce Pardot API version which the provided account can access. Defaults to 4.
• User: The Username of the Salesforce Pardot account.
• Password: The Password of the Salesforce Pardot account.
• UserKey: The unique User Key for the Salesforce Pardot account. This key does not expire.
• IsDemoAccount (optional): Set to TRUE to connect to a demo account.

Accessing the Pardot User Key

The User Key of the current account may be accessed by going to Settings -> My Profile, under the API User Key row.

Windows Forms Controls

The code below shows how to populate a DevExpress chart with Salesforce Pardot data. The SalesforcePardotDataAdapter binds to the Series property of the chart control. The Diagram property of the control defines the x- and y-axes as the column names.

using (SalesforcePardotConnection connection = new SalesforcePardotConnection(
"ApiVersion=4;User=YourUsername;Password=YourPassword;UserKey=YourUserKey;")) {
 SalesforcePardotDataAdapter dataAdapter = new SalesforcePardotDataAdapter(
 "SELECT Id, Email FROM Prospects WHERE ProspectAccountId = '703'", connection);
 
 DataTable table = new DataTable();
 dataAdapter.Fill(table);
 DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series series = new DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series();
 chartControl1.Series.Add(series);
 series.DataSource = table;
 series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "Email" });
 series.ArgumentScaleType = DevExpress.XtraCharts.ScaleType.Qualitative;
 series.ArgumentDataMember = "Id";
 series.ValueScaleType = DevExpress.XtraCharts.ScaleType.Numerical;
 chartControl1.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False;
 ((DevExpress.XtraCharts.SideBySideBarSeriesView)series.View).ColorEach = true; 
}

Web Controls

The code below shows how to populate a DevExpress Web control with Salesforce Pardot data. The SalesforcePardotDataAdapter binds to the Series property of the chart; the Diagram property defines the x- and y-axes as the column names.

using DevExpress.XtraCharts;

using (SalesforcePardotConnection connection = new SalesforcePardotConnection(
"ApiVersion=4;User=YourUsername;Password=YourPassword;UserKey=YourUserKey;"))
{
 SalesforcePardotDataAdapter SalesforcePardotDataAdapter1 = new SalesforcePardotDataAdapter("SELECT Id, Email FROM Prospects WHERE ProspectAccountId = '703'", connection);
 DataTable table = new DataTable();
 SalesforcePardotDataAdapter1.Fill(table);
 DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series series = new Series("Series1", ViewType.Bar);
 WebChartControl1.Series.Add(series);
 series.DataSource = table;
 series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "Email" });
 series.ArgumentScaleType = ScaleType.Qualitative;
 series.ArgumentDataMember = "Id";
 series.ValueScaleType = ScaleType.Numerical;
 ((DevExpress.XtraCharts.SideBySideBarSeriesView)series.View).ColorEach = true;
}