Connect to Salesforce Pardot Data in RapidMiner

This article shows how you can easily integrate the CData JDBC driver for Salesforce Pardot into your processes in RapidMiner. This article uses the CData JDBC Driver for Salesforce Pardot to transfer Salesforce Pardot data to a process in RapidMiner.

Connect to Salesforce Pardot in RapidMiner as a JDBC Data Source

You can follow the procedure below to establish a JDBC connection to Salesforce Pardot:

1. Add a new database driver for Salesforce Pardot: Click Connections -> Manage Database Drivers.
2. In the resulting wizard, click the Add button and enter a name for the connection.
3. Enter the prefix for the JDBC URL:

   jdbc:salesforcepardot:
   

4. Enter the path to the cdata.jdbc.salesforcepardot.jar file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
5. Enter the driver class:

   cdata.jdbc.salesforcepardot.SalesforcePardotDriver
   

   👁 The JDBC driver configuration. (Salesforce is shown.)
   
6. Create a new Salesforce Pardot connection: Click Connections -> Manage Database Connections.
7. Enter a name for your connection.
8. For Database System, select the Salesforce Pardot driver you configured previously.
9. Enter your connection string in the Host box.

   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.

   Built-in Connection String Designer

   For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Salesforce Pardot JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

   java -jar cdata.jdbc.salesforcepardot.jar
   

   Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

   👁 Using the built-in connection string designer to generate a JDBC URL (Salesforce is shown.)
   

   A typical connection string is below:

   ApiVersion=4;User=YourUsername;Password=YourPassword;UserKey=YourUserKey;
   

10. Enter your username and password if necessary. 👁 The connection to the JDBC data source. (Salesforce is shown.)
    

You can now use your Salesforce Pardot connection with the various RapidMiner operators in your process. To retrieve Salesforce Pardot data, drag the Retrieve operator from the Operators view. 👁 A Retrieve operation to select data. (Salesforce is shown.)
With the Retrieve operator selected, you can then define which table to retrieve in the Parameters view by clicking the folder icon next to the "repository entry." In the resulting Repository Browser, you can expand your connection node to select the desired example set.

Finally, wire the output to the Retrieve process to a result, and run the process to see the Salesforce Pardot data.