Connect to TaxJar Data in DBeaver

The CData ODBC Driver for TaxJar enables access to live data from TaxJar under the ODBC standard, allowing you work with TaxJar data in a wide variety of BI, reporting, and ETL tools and directly, using familiar SQL queries. This article shows how to manage TaxJar data with visual tools in DBeaver like the query browser.

The CData ODBC drivers offer unmatched performance for interacting with live TaxJar data in DBeaver due to optimized data processing built into the driver. When you issue complex SQL queries from DBeaver to TaxJar, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to TaxJar and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations (often SQL functions and JOIN operations) client-side. With built-in dynamic metadata querying, you can manage and analyze TaxJar data.

Connect to TaxJar

If you have not already done so, provide values for the required connection properties in the data source name (DSN). You can configure the DSN using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator. 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.

To authenticate to the TaxJar API, first obtain the API Key from the TaxJar UI.

NOTE: the API is available only for Professional and Premium TaxJar plans.

If you already have a Professional or Premium plan you can find the API Key by logging in the TaxJar UI and navigating to Account -> TaxJar API. After obtaining the API Key, you can set it in the APIKey connection property.

Additional Notes

• By default, the CData connector will retrieve data of the last 3 months in cases where the entity support date range filtering. You can set StartDate to specify the minimum creation date of the data retrieved.
• If the API Key has been created for a sandbox API account please set UseSandbox to true, but not all endpoints will work as expected. For more information, refer to the TaxJar developer documentation.

Finally, set the "Map To WVarchar connection property to False in the DSN Configuration window for the driver. This configuration will allow string types to be mapped to SQL_VARCHAR and prevent SQL_WVARCHAR types from being displayed as NULL.

Connecting to the TaxJar ODBC Data Source in DBeaver

1. Open the DBeaver application and in the Database menu, select the New Database Connection option. 👁 Creating a new Database Connection
   
2. In the 'Connect to a database' window, select ODBC and click Next. 👁 Creating a new Database Connection
   
3. In the Database/Schema field, enter the DSN name (CData TaxJar Source by default). It will be automatically added to the JDBC URL as well.
4. Click the Test Connection button. You should receive a 'Connected' message after DBeaver has detected the DSN, along with details about the driver if the connection is successful. 👁 Successfully tested connection
   

Query TaxJar Data

You can now query information from the tables exposed by the data source connection. You can expand the database structure in order to view all the tables. You can retrieve the table's data by right-clicking on a table name and selecting View data. The data will then be available in the Data tab.

Free Trial & More Information

At this point, you have connected to live TaxJar data from DBeaver. For more information, visit the CData ODBC Driver page. Download a free, 30-day trial and start working live TaxJar data DBeaver today.