Manage Wave Financial Data in DBArtisan as a JDBC Source

The CData JDBC Driver for Wave Financial seamlessly integrates Wave Financial data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Wave Financial data as a database. This article shows how to create a JDBC source for Wave Financial in DBArtisan. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.

Integrate Wave Financial Data into DBArtisan Projects

Follow the steps below to register Wave Financial data as a database instance in your project:

1. In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
2. Select Generic JDBC.
3. Click Manage.
4. In the resulting dialog, click New. Enter a name for the driver and click Add. In the resulting dialog, navigate to the driver JAR. The driver JAR is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory. 👁 The JDBC driver definition in the Register Datasource wizard. (Salesforce is shown.)
   
5. In the Connection URL box, enter credentials and other required connection properties in the JDBC URL.

   Connect using the API Token

   You can connect to Wave Financial by specifying the APIToken You can obtain an API Token using the following steps:

   1. Log in to your Wave account and navigate to "Manage Applications" in the left pane.
   2. Select the application that you would like to create a token for. You may need to create an application first.
   3. Click the "Create token" button to generate an APIToken.

   Connect using OAuth

   If you wish, you can connect using the embedded OAuth credentials. See the Help documentation for more information.

   Built-in Connection String Designer

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

   java -jar cdata.jdbc.wavefinancial.jar
   

   Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

   👁 Required JDBC connection properties in the Register Datasource wizard. (Salesforce is shown.)
   

   Below is a typical connection string:

   jdbc:wavefinancial:InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;

6. Finish the wizard to connect to Wave Financial data. Wave Financial entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.

You can now work with Wave Financial data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Wave Financial API.