Shopify Connector for SAP Crystal Reports Shopify Connector can be used to integrate Shopify REST API in your App / BI Tools. You can read/write data about Customers, Orders, OrderItems, Products and more. In this article you will learn how to quickly and efficiently integrate Shopify data in SAP Crystal Reports without coding. We will use high-performance Shopify Connector to easily connect to Shopify and then access the data inside SAP Crystal Reports. Let's follow the steps below to see how we can accomplish that! Download Documentation Shopify Connector for SAP Crystal Reports is based on ZappySys API Driver which is part of ODBC PowerPack. It is a collection of high-performance ODBC drivers that enable you to integrate data in SQL Server, SSIS, a programming language, or any other ODBC-compatible application. ODBC PowerPack supports various file formats, sources and destinations, including REST/SOAP API, SFTP/FTP, storage services, and plain files, to mention a few.

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Create ODBC Data Source (DSN) based on ZappySys API Driver

Step-by-step instructions

To get data from Shopify using SAP Crystal Reports we first need to create a DSN (Data Source) which will access data from Shopify. We will later be able to read data using SAP Crystal Reports. Perform these steps:

1. Download and install ODBC PowerPack.

2. Open ODBC Data Sources (x64):

   

3. Create a User data source (User DSN) based on ZappySys API Driver

   ZappySys API Driver

   
   • Create and use User DSN if the client application is run under a User Account. This is an ideal option in design-time, when developing a solution, e.g. in Visual Studio 2019. Use it for both type of applications - 64-bit and 32-bit.
   • Create and use System DSN if the client application is launched under a System Account, e.g. as a Windows Service. Usually, this is an ideal option to use in a production environment. Use ODBC Data Source Administrator (32-bit), instead of 64-bit version, if Windows Service is a 32-bit application.

4. When the Configuration window appears give your data source a name if you haven't done that already, then select "Shopify" from the list of Popular Connectors. If "Shopify" is not present in the list, then click "Search Online" and download it. Then set the path to the location where you downloaded it. Finally, click Continue >> to proceed with configuring the DSN:

   ShopifyDSN

   Shopify

   

5. Now it's time to configure the Connection Manager. Select Authentication Type, e.g. Token Authentication. Then select API Base URL (in most cases, the default one is the right one). More info is available in the Authentication section.

    Access Token [Http]

   Steps how to get and use Shopify credentials : Access Token [Http]
   Setting up your Shopify store account for API access involves creating an "app" for your store. The "app" is installed into the Shopify account and configured with the appropriate access levels for your data integration needs.

   1. Visit https://accounts.shopify.com and log into your Shopify store account.
   2. After logging in, select the store to connect to with the ZappySys Shopify Connector.
   3. Select the Settings link (usually in the lower-left corner) to launch the Settings screen.
   4. On the left menu panel, select Apps and sales channels.
   5. On the Apps and sales channels screen, select Develop apps (near the top of the screen).
   6. On the App development screen, select Create an app (near the upper-right corner of the screen).
   7. Give the app that will be used to provide Shopify API access a name, select the appropriate developer from the App developer drop-down, and then select Create app.
   8. Select Configure Admin API scopes and the Admin API access scopes screen will appear.
   9. In the Admin API access scopes screen, select every access scope checkbox that applies to your integration needs. It is generally not a good idea to allow more access than what is needed in order to fulfill your integration needs.
      • To enable the reading of customer information, select read_customers.
      • To enable the writing of customer information, select write_customers.
      • To enable the reading of inventory item information, select read_inventory.
      • To enable the writing of inventory item information, select write_inventory.
      • To enable the reading of order information, select read_orders.
      • To enable the writing of order information, select write_orders.
      After selecting all applicable access scopes, select Save.
   10. Install the app by selecting the Install app button (near the upper-right corner of the screen). If any other prompts for installation appears, select Install.
   11. After the app is installed, the Admin API access token will be available in the API credentials tab of the page. It can only be revealed ONCE for security purposes. Select Reveal token once to show the new Admin API access token. SAVE THE ADMIN API ACCESS TOKEN IN A SAFE PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE IT CONFIDENTIAL, SECURE, AND NOT ACCESSIBLE TO UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUALS. The Admin API access token will be needed in this process later.
   12. In the ZappySys connector API screen, enter the subdomain of your Shopify store into the Subdomain parameter textbox. For example, if your Shopify URL is https://acmetoys.myshopify.com, the subdomain would be acmetoys.
   13. In the same screen, enter the Admin API access token saved from step 11 above into the Admin API Access Token textbox. In order to edit the text in this field, select the ellipses (...) button that appears when the textbox is clicked and edit the access token with the dialog box that appears.
   14. Select the Test Connection button at the bottom of the window to verify proper connectivity with the Shopify store.
   15. If the connection test succeeds, select OK.

   Fill in all required parameters and set optional parameters if needed:

   ShopifyDSN

   Shopify

   Access Token [Http]

   https://[$Subdomain$].myshopify.com/admin/api/2023-01

   Required Parameters
   Sub-domain	Fill-in the parameter...
   Admin API Access Token	Fill-in the parameter...
   Optional Parameters
   RetryMode	RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch
   RetryStatusCodeList	429
   RetryCountMax	5
   RetryMultiplyWaitTime	True

   

6. Once the data source connection has been configured, it's time to configure the SQL query. Select the Preview tab and then click Query Builder button to configure the SQL query:

   

   ZappySys API Driver - Shopify

   Shopify Connector can be used to integrate Shopify REST API in your App / BI Tools. You can read/write data about Customers, Orders, OrderItems, Products and more.

   ShopifyDSN

   

7. Start by selecting the Table or Endpoint you are interested in and then configure the parameters. This will generate a query that we will use in SAP Crystal Reports to retrieve data from Shopify. Hit OK button to use this query in the next step.

   SELECT * FROM Products

   
   Some parameters configured in this window will be passed to the Shopify API, e.g. filtering parameters. It means that filtering will be done on the server side (instead of the client side), enabling you to get only the meaningful data much faster.

8. Now hit Preview Data button to preview the data using the generated SQL query. If you are satisfied with the result, use this query in SAP Crystal Reports:

   

   ZappySys API Driver - Shopify

   Shopify Connector can be used to integrate Shopify REST API in your App / BI Tools. You can read/write data about Customers, Orders, OrderItems, Products and more.

   ShopifyDSN

   SELECT * FROM Products

   
   You can also access data quickly from the tables dropdown by selecting <Select table>.
   A WHERE clause, LIMIT keyword will be performed on the client side, meaning that the whole result set will be retrieved from the Shopify API first, and only then the filtering will be applied to the data. If possible, it is recommended to use parameters in Query Builder to filter the data on the server side (in Shopify servers).

9. Click OK to finish creating the data source.

Video Tutorial

Read data in SAP Crystal Reports from the ODBC data source

1. First of all, open SAP Crystal Reports and create the new Crystal Report.
   

2. And it will open the new data source selection window. Under ODBC(RDO) double click on the Make New Connection and Select the desired ODBC DSN, in our case we need to select ShopifyDSN which we created in upper section. And Click on Next.
   

   ShopifyDSN

   

3. Expand the Connection and under the data select the desired table(s) or view(s) and click Add > button and click on Next.
   

   ShopifyDSN

   ShopifyDSN

   

4. Add the desired Fields to Display in the Reports. Here we are adding all fields and click on Finish.
   

5. That's it and you will be able to load the data in the Report.
   

Using ZappySys Driver Custom Views and Stored Procedure in SAP Crystal Report

Using Custom Views in the SAP Crystal Report

ShopifyDSN

ShopifyDSN

Using Custom Stored Procedure in the SAP Crystal Report

1. First of all, create the custom stored procedure in the ZappySys Driver. Please refer to this article to create the custom stored procedure.
   
2. After establishing the connection with ShopifyDSN Data Source you can use the custom Stored Procedure in SQL Crystal Report. Same way you can write custom queries also in the query box.
   ShopifyDSN

   

Actions supported by Shopify Connector

Learn how to perform common Shopify actions directly in SAP Crystal Reports with these how-to guides:

• Create a Customer
• Create a Location
• Create a Product
• Create a Product Variant
• Create an Order
• Delete a Customer
• Delete a Location
• Delete a product
• Delete a product variant
• Delete an Order
• Get Customer
• Get Customers
• Get Inventory Item
• Get Inventory Items
• Get Inventory Levels
• Get Location
• Get Locations
• Get Order
• Get Order Items
• Get Orders
• Get Orders Count
• Get Payouts
• Get Product
• Get Product Variants
• Get Products
• Get Products Count
• Insert Inventory Levels
• Update a Customer
• Update a Location
• Update a Product
• Update a Product Variant
• Update an Order
• Update Inventory Item
• Update Inventory Levels
• Generic Request
• Generic Request (Bulk Write)

Conclusion

In this article we showed you how to connect to Shopify in SAP Crystal Reports and integrate data without any coding, saving you time and effort. It's worth noting that ZappySys API Driver allows you to connect not only to Shopify, but to any Java application that supports JDBC (just use a different JDBC driver and configure it appropriately).

We encourage you to download Shopify Connector for SAP Crystal Reports and see how easy it is to use it for yourself or your team.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact ZappySys support team. You can also open a live chat immediately by clicking on the chat icon below.

Download Shopify Connector for SAP Crystal Reports Documentation

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