How to Access Live Redshift Data in Power Automate Desktop via ODBC

The CData ODBC Driver for Redshift enables you to access live Redshift data in workflow automation tools like Power Automate. This article shows how to integrate Redshift data into a simple workflow, moving Redshift data into a CSV file.

Through optimized data processing, CData ODBC Drivers offer unmatched performance for interacting with live Redshift data in Microsoft Power Automate. When you issue complex SQL queries from Power Automate to Redshift, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Redshift and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (e.g. SQL functions and JOIN operations).

Connect to Redshift as an ODBC Data Source

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.

To connect to Redshift, set the following:

• : Set this to the host name or IP address of the cluster hosting the Database you want to connect to.
• : Set this to the port of the cluster.
• : Set this to the name of the database. Or, leave this blank to use the default database of the authenticated user.
• : Set this to the username you want to use to authenticate to the Server.
• : Set this to the password you want to use to authenticate to the Server.

You can obtain the and values in the AWS Management Console:

1. Open the Amazon Redshift console (http://console.aws.amazon.com/redshift).
2. On the Clusters page, click the name of the cluster.
3. On the Configuration tab for the cluster, copy the cluster URL from the connection strings displayed.

When you configure the DSN, you may also want to set the Max Rows connection property. This will limit the number of rows returned, which is especially helpful for improving performance when designing workflows.

Integrate Redshift Data into Power Automate Workflows

After configuring the DSN for Redshift, you are ready to integrate Redshift data into your Power Automate workflows. Open Microsoft Power Automate, add a new flow, and name the flow.

👁 A new flow in Power Automate

In the flow editor, you can add the actions to connect to Redshift, query Redshift using SQL, and write the query results to a CSV document.

Add an Open SQL Connection Action

Add an "Open SQL connection" action (Actions -> Database) and configure the properties.

• Connection string: DSN=CData Redshift Source

After configuring the action, click Save.

👁 A configured 'Open SQL connection' action

Add an Execute SQL Statement Action

Add an "Execute SQL statement" action (Actions -> Database) and configure the properties.

• Get connection by: SQL connection variable
• SQL connection: %SQLConnection% (the variable from the "Open SQL connection" action above)
• SQL statement: SELECT * FROM Orders

After configuring the action, click Save.

👁 A configured 'Execute SQL statement' action

Add a Write to CSV File Action

Add a "Write to CSV file" action (Actions -> File) and configure the properties.

• Variable to write to: %QueryResult% (the variable from the "Execute SQL statement" action above)
• File path: set to a file on disk
• Configure Advanced settings as needed.

After configuring the action, click Save.

👁 A configured 'Write to CSV file' action

Add a Close SQL Connection Action

Add a "Close SQL connection" action (Actions -> Database) and configure the properties.

• SQL Connection: %SQLConnection% (the variable from the "Open SQL connection" action above)

After configuring the action, click Save.

👁 A configured 'Close SQL connection' action

Save & Run the Flow

Once you have configured all the actions for the flow, click the disk icon to save the flow. Click the play icon to run the flow.

👁 A fully configured workflow

Now you have a workflow to move Redshift data into a CSV file.

👁 Application data in a CSV file (Salesforce is shown)

With the CData ODBC Driver for Redshift, you get live connectivity to Redshift data within your Microsoft Power Automate workflows.

Related Power Automate Articles

This article explains how to use the CData ODBC Driver for Redshift with Power Automate Desktop. Check out our other articles for more ways to work with Power Automate (Desktop & Online):

• Redshift Data in Power Automate Desktop using CData Connect AI
• Redshift Data in Power Automate (Online) using CData Connect AI