How to Query Salesforce Data Cloud Data in MySQL Workbench

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

Connect to Salesforce Data Cloud 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.

Salesforce Data Cloud supports authentication via the OAuth standard.

OAuth

Set to OAuth.

Desktop Applications

CData provides an embedded OAuth application that simplifies authentication at the desktop.

You can also authenticate from the desktop via a custom OAuth application, which you configure and register at the Salesforce Data Cloud console. For further information, see Creating a Custom OAuth App in the Help documentation.

Before you connect, set these properties:

• : GETANDREFRESH. You can use to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting the .
• (custom applications only): The Client ID assigned when you registered your custom OAuth application.
• (custom applications only): The Client Secret assigned when you registered your custom OAuth application.

When you connect, the driver opens Salesforce Data Cloud's OAuth endpoint in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions to the application.

The driver then completes the OAuth process as follows:

• Extracts the access token from the callback URL.
• Obtains a new access token when the old one expires.
• Saves OAuth values in so that they persist across connections.

For other OAuth methods, including Web Applications and Headless Machines, refer to the Help documentation.

Configure the SQL Gateway

See the SQL Gateway Overview to set up connectivity to Salesforce Data Cloud 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.

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Query Salesforce Data Cloud from MySQL Workbench

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

Connect to Salesforce Data Cloud through the SQL Gateway

1. In MySQL Workbench, click to add a new MySQL connection.
2. Name the connection (CData SQL Gateway for Salesforce Data Cloud).
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.

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Query Salesforce Data Cloud Data

1. Open the connection you just created (CData SQL Gateway for Salesforce Data Cloud).
2. Click File -> New Query Tab.
3. Write a SQL query to retrieve Salesforce Data Cloud data, like SELECT * FROM `CData SalesforceDataCloud Sys`.Account;
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With access to live Salesforce Data Cloud data from MySQL Workbench, you can easily work with Salesforce Data Cloud, just like you would a MySQL database. Get started now with a free, 30-day trial of the CData ODBC Driver for Salesforce Data Cloud and the CData SQL Gateway.