Connect to Rebilly Data in DBArtisan

The CData ODBC Driver for Rebilly seamlessly integrates Rebilly data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Rebilly data as a database. This article shows how to create an data source for Rebilly in DBArtisan and execute queries. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.

Integrate Rebilly Data into DBArtisan Projects

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.

Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Rebilly Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Rebilly.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Rebilly (see below).

Rebilly API Profile Settings

Generate an API Key in Rebilly by navigating to Automations > Integrations > Custom Integrations > API Keys and selecting Secret as the type.

You can then follow the steps below to register Rebilly data as a database instance in your project:

1. In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
2. Select Generic ODBC.
3. Enter a name for the data source and select the DSN. 👁 The DSN of the data source to be registered. (Salesforce is shown.)
   
4. Finish the wizard to connect to Rebilly data. Rebilly entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer. 👁 The Datasource Explorer. (Salesforce is shown.)
   

You can now work with Rebilly data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Rebilly API.