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⇱ Enable the QuickBooks JDBC Driver in KNIME

Enable the QuickBooks JDBC Driver in KNIME

👁 Dibyendu Datta
Dibyendu Datta
Lead Technology Evangelist
Use standard data access components in KNIME to create charts and reports with QuickBooks data.

One of the strengths of the CData JDBC Driver for QuickBooks is its cross-platform support, enabling integration with major BI tools. Follow the procedure below to access QuickBooks data in KNIME and to create a chart from QuickBooks data using the report designer.

About QuickBooks Data Integration

CData simplifies access and integration of live QuickBooks data. Our customers leverage CData connectivity to:

  • Access both local and remote company files.
  • Connect across editions and regions: QuickBooks Premier, Professional, Enterprise, and Simple Start edition 2002+, as well as Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and UK editions from 2003+.
  • Use SQL stored procedures to perform actions like voiding or clearing transactions, merging lists, searching entities, and more.

Customers regularly integrate their QuickBooks data with preferred tools, like Power BI, Tableau, or Excel, and integrate QuickBooks data into their database or data warehouse.


Getting Started


Define a New JDBC Connection to QuickBooks Data

  1. Go to File -> Preferences -> KNIME -> Databases
  2. Click Add File and add the cdata.jdbc.quickbooks.jar. The driver JAR file is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory. 👁 CData drivers added to a KNIME workflow.
  3. Click Find driver classes
  4. Set the ID and the Name of the connection (you can set any values you prefer for these fields as they are not restricted)
  5. Set the URL template. A typical JDBC URL is provided below: 
    	 jdbc:quickbooks:URL=http://remotehost:8166;User=admin;Password=admin123;

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

    	java -jar cdata.jdbc.quickbooks.jar
    👁 Connection properties added to CData driver

    Additionally, please refer to our documentation to learn more about Connection Properties

  6. Click OK to close the configuration section. 👁 Registering new database CData drivers in KNIME workflow.
  7. Under Node Repository go to DB -> Connection -> drag and drop DB Connector. Double-click on it and change the driver name to the driver you just configured, in this case, QuickBooks (ID: QuickBooks). The Database URL should change automatically. 👁 Configuring the CData driver
  8. Click Apply and OK to save changes. 👁 Authentication
  9. Right-click on the connector and select Execute. You will see that the connector will allow you to redirect to the browser where you will need to log in and allow access. After that, you will get connected successfully. 👁 Executing the DB Connector

    10. Now you can go to the Read/Write section in Node Repository and get a DB Query Reader, to be able to execute a query. 👁 DB Query Reader

  10. Double-click on your DB Query Reader and click the refresh button to load the metadata. Create an SQL Statement and click Evaluate. After clicking Evaluate you will be able to see the records requested. To learn more about the tables/views that are listed in our driver please refer to our Data Model. 👁 DB Query Reader to load the metadata

Get Started Today

Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for QuickBooks and start building QuickBooks-connected charts and reports with KNIME. Reach out to our Support Team if you have any questions.

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QuickBooks JDBC Driver

Complete read-write access to QuickBooks enables developers to search (Customers, Transactions, Invoices, Sales Receipts, etc.), update items, edit customers, and more, from any Java/J2EE application.