Connect to Workday Data from a Connection Pool in Jetty

The CData JDBC driver for Workday is easy to integrate with Java Web applications. This article shows how to efficiently connect to Workday data in Jetty by configuring the driver for connection pooling. You will configure a JNDI resource for Workday in Jetty.

Getting Started

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Configure the JDBC Driver for Salesforce as a JNDI Data Source

Follow the steps below to connect to Salesforce from Jetty.

1. Enable the JNDI module for your Jetty base. The following command enables JNDI from the command-line:

   java -jar ../start.jar --add-to-startd=jndi
   

2. Add the CData and license file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory, into the lib subfolder of the context path.

3. Declare the resource and its scope. Enter the required connection properties in the resource declaration. This example declares the Workday data source at the level of the Web app, in WEB-INF\jetty-env.xml.

   <Configure id='workdaydemo' class="org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext">
    <New id="workdaydemo" class="org.eclipse.jetty.plus.jndi.Resource">
    <Arg><Ref refid="workdaydemo"/></Arg>
    <Arg>jdbc/workdaydb</Arg>
    <Arg>
    <New class="cdata.jdbc.workday.WorkdayDriver">
    <Set name="url">jdbc:workday:</Set>
    <Set name="User">myuser</Set>
    <Set name="Password">mypassword</Set>
    <Set name="Tenant">mycompany_gm1</Set>
    <Set name="BaseURL">https://wd3-impl-services1.workday.com</Set>
    <Set name="ConnectionType">WQL</Set>
    <Set name="InitiateOAuth">GETANDREFRESH</Set>
    </New>
    </Arg>
    </New>
   </Configure>
   

   To connect to Workday, users need to find the Tenant and BaseURL and then select their API type.

   Obtaining the BaseURL and Tenant

   To obtain the BaseURL and Tenant properties, log into Workday and search for "View API Clients." On this screen, you'll find the Workday REST API Endpoint, a URL that includes both the BaseURL and Tenant.

   The format of the REST API Endpoint is: https://domain.com/subdirectories/mycompany, where:

   • https://domain.com/subdirectories/ is the BaseURL.
   • mycompany (the portion of the url after the very last slash) is the Tenant.
   For example, in the REST API endpoint https://wd3-impl-services1.workday.com/ccx/api/v1/mycompany, the BaseURL is https://wd3-impl-services1.workday.com and the Tenant is mycompany.

   Using ConnectionType to Select the API

   The value you use for the ConnectionType property determines which Workday API you use. See our Community Article for more information on Workday connectivity options and best practices.

   API	ConnectionType Value
   WQL	WQL
   Reports as a Service	Reports
   REST	REST
   SOAP	SOAP

   
   

   Authentication

   Your method of authentication depends on which API you are using.

   • WQL, Reports as a Service, REST: Use OAuth authentication.
   • SOAP: Use Basic or OAuth authentication.

   See the Help documentation for more information on configuring OAuth with Workday.

4. Configure the resource in the Web.xml:

    jdbc/workdaydb
    javax.sql.DataSource
    Container
   
   

5. You can then access Workday with a lookup to java:comp/env/jdbc/workdaydb:

   InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext();
   DataSource myworkday = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/workdaydb");
   

More Jetty Integration

The steps above show how to configure the driver in a simple connection pooling scenario. For more use cases and information, see the Working with Jetty JNDI chapter in the Jetty documentation.