Create Informatica Mappings From/To a JDBC Data Source for Sage Cloud Accounting

Informatica provides a powerful, elegant means of transporting and transforming your data. By utilizing the CData JDBC Driver for Sage Cloud Accounting, you are gaining access to a driver based on industry-proven standards that integrates seamlessly with Informatica's powerful data transportation and manipulation features. This tutorial shows how to transfer and browse Sage Cloud Accounting data in Informatica PowerCenter.

Deploy the Driver

To deploy the driver to the Informatica PowerCenter server, copy the CData JAR and .lic file, located in the lib subfolder in the installation directory, to the following folder: Informatica-installation-directory\services\shared\jars\thirdparty.

To work with Sage Cloud Accounting data in the Developer tool, you will need to copy the CData JAR and .lic file, located in the lib subfolder in the installation directory, into the following folders:

• Informatica-installation-directory\client\externaljdbcjars
• Informatica-installation-directory\externaljdbcjars

Create the JDBC Connection

Follow the steps below to connect from Informatica Developer:

1. In the Connection Explorer pane, right-click your domain and click Create a Connection.
2. In the New Database Connection wizard that is displayed, enter a name and Id for the connection and in the Type menu select JDBC.
3. In the JDBC Driver Class Name property, enter:

   cdata.jdbc.sagebcaccounting.SageBCAccountingDriver

4. In the Connection String property, enter the JDBC URL, using the connection properties for Sage Cloud Accounting.

   You can connect to Sage Business Cloud Accounting using the embedded OAuth connectivity. When you connect, the OAuth endpoint opens in your browser. Log in and grant permissions to complete the OAuth process. See the OAuth section in the online Help documentation for more information on other OAuth authentication flows.

   Built-in Connection String Designer

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

   java -jar cdata.jdbc.sagebcaccounting.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:

   jdbc:sagebcaccounting:InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;

Browse Sage Cloud Accounting Tables

After you have added the driver JAR to the classpath and created a JDBC connection, you can now access Sage Cloud Accounting entities in Informatica. Follow the steps below to connect to Sage Cloud Accounting and browse Sage Cloud Accounting tables:

1. Connect to your repository.
2. In the Connection Explorer, right-click the connection and click Connect.
3. Clear the Show Default Schema Only option. 👁 The driver models Sage Cloud Accounting entities as relational tables. (Salesforce is shown.)
   

You can now browse Sage Cloud Accounting tables in the Data Viewer: Right-click the node for the table and then click Open. On the Data Viewer view, click Run.

Create Sage Cloud Accounting Data Objects

Follow the steps below to add Sage Cloud Accounting tables to your project:

1. Select tables in Sage Cloud Accounting, then right-click a table in Sage Cloud Accounting, and click Add to Project.
2. In the resulting dialog, select the option to create a data object for each resource.
3. In the Select Location dialog, select your project.

   Create a Mapping

   Follow the steps below to add the Sage Cloud Accounting source to a mapping:

   1. In the Object Explorer, right-click your project and then click New -> Mapping.
   2. Expand the node for the Sage Cloud Accounting connection and then drag the data object for the table onto the editor.
   3. In the dialog that appears, select the Read option.
   👁 The source Sage Cloud Accounting table in the mapping. (Salesforce is shown.)
   

   Follow the steps below to map Sage Cloud Accounting columns to a flat file:

   1. In the Object Explorer, right-click your project and then click New -> Data Object.
   2. Select Flat File Data Object -> Create as Empty -> Fixed Width.
   3. In the properties for the Sage Cloud Accounting object, select the rows you want, right-click, and then click copy. Paste the rows into the flat file properties.
   4. Drag the flat file data object onto the mapping. In the dialog that appears, select the Write option.
   5. Click and drag to connect columns.

   To transfer Sage Cloud Accounting data, right-click in the workspace and then click Run Mapping.

   👁 The completed mapping. (Salesforce is shown.)