How to Query Reckon Accounts Hosted Data in MySQL Workbench

You can use the SQL Gateway from the ODBC Driver for Reckon Accounts Hosted to query Reckon Accounts Hosted data through a MySQL interface. Follow the procedure below to start the MySQL remoting service of the SQL Gateway and work with live Reckon Accounts Hosted data in MySQL Workbench.

Connect to Reckon Accounts Hosted Data

If you have not already done so, provide values for the required connection properties in the data source name (DSN). You can use the built-in Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to configure the DSN. This is also the last step of the driver installation. See the "Getting Started" chapter in the help documentation for a guide to using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure a DSN.

The connector makes requests to Reckon Accounts Hosted through OAuth. Specify the following connection properties:

• SubscriptionKey: Required. You get this value when you created your developer account.
• CountryVersion: Defaults to 2021.R2.AU.
• CompanyFile: Required. The path to the company file.
• User: Required. The username of the company file.
• Password: Required. The password of the company file.
• InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH to let the driver handle access tokens.
• CallbackURL: The redirectURI of your Custom OAuth App.
• OAuthClientId: The client id of your Custom OAuth App.
• OAuthClientSecret: The client secret of your Custom OAuth App.

CData provides an embedded OAuth application that simplifies OAuth desktop authentication. See the Help documentation for information on other OAuth authentication methods (web, headless, etc.), creating custom OAuth applications, and reasons for doing so.

Configure the SQL Gateway

See the SQL Gateway Overview to set up connectivity to Reckon Accounts Hosted data as a virtual MySQL database. You will configure a MySQL remoting service that listens for MySQL requests from clients. The service can be configured in the SQL Gateway UI.

👁 Creating a MySQL Remoting Service in SQL Gateway (Salesforce is shown)

Query Reckon Accounts Hosted from MySQL Workbench

The steps below outline connecting to the virtual Reckon Accounts Hosted database created in the SQL Gateway from MySQL Workbench and issuing basic queries to work with live Reckon Accounts Hosted data.

Connect to Reckon Accounts Hosted through the SQL Gateway

1. In MySQL Workbench, click to add a new MySQL connection.
2. Name the connection (CData SQL Gateway for Reckon Accounts Hosted).
3. Set the Hostname, Port, and Username parameters to connect to the SQL Gateway.
4. Click Store in Vault to set and store the password.
5. Click Test Connection to ensure the connection is configured properly and click OK.

NOTE: When we refer to Username and Password, we mean the credentials for the user(s) created for the SQL Gateway.

Query Reckon Accounts Hosted Data

1. Open the connection you just created (CData SQL Gateway for Reckon Accounts Hosted).
2. Click File -> New Query Tab.
3. Write a SQL query to retrieve Reckon Accounts Hosted data, like SELECT * FROM `CData ReckonAccountsHosted Sys`.Accounts;

With access to live Reckon Accounts Hosted data from MySQL Workbench, you can easily work with Reckon Accounts Hosted, just like you would a MySQL database. Get started now with a free, 30-day trial of the CData ODBC Driver for Reckon Accounts Hosted and the CData SQL Gateway.