Airtable is a cloud-based platform that combines spreadsheet-style usability with relational data capabilities. Many teams use Airtable to manage projects, CRM pipelines, operations, and content workflows. To analyze this data at scale, you can connect Airtable to Power BI and build interactive reports.

Using the ZappySys ODBC Driver for REST APIs, you can query Airtable API data with SQL and load it into Power BI without writing custom integration code.

This tutorial shows how to create an Airtable ODBC DSN, configure API authentication, preview table data, connect Power BI, and run practical SQL queries.

Prerequisites

1. An Airtable account with access to at least one base and table.
2. Power BI Desktop installed on your machine.
3. Basic understanding of SQL and Power BI data modelling.
4. ZappySys ODBC Driver for REST API (JSON) installed on your machine.

Steps

Create an Airtable Personal Access Token

1. Sign in to your Airtable account.
2. Go to the Airtable token page and click to create a new token.
3. Grant the minimum required scopes for your scenario, such as

   data.records:read

   and

   schema.bases:read

   .
4. Allow access to the specific base(s) and copy the token to a secure location.
   

   Airtable – Create a token

Get Airtable Base ID and Table ID

1. Open the target table in Airtable.
2. Copy the Base ID and Table ID from the URL or API documentation page.
3. Keep these IDs handy because you will use them in the API URL, for example:
   https://api.airtable.com/v0/{BASE_ID}/{TABLE_ID}

Create a New ODBC DSN Using ZappySys JSON Driver

1. Search for ODBC in the Windows Start menu and open ODBC Data Source Administrator.
   
2. In User DSN or System DSN, click Add.
3. Select ZappySys JSON Driver, then click Continue.
   

Configure Airtable API Connection

1. Enter the Airtable API URL in this format:
   https://api.airtable.com/v0/{BASE_ID}/{TABLE_ID}
2. In Connection Type, select HTTP and click Configure.
3. Set Credential Type to Static Token / API Key.
4. Paste your Airtable Personal Access Token in the token field.
5. Click OK to save HTTP authentication settings.
   

   Airtable – ODBC HTTP Static token connection

6. Set HTTP Request Method to GET.
7. Set JSON Path Filter to:
   $.records[*]
8. Click Test Connection, then click OK to save the DSN.
   

   Airtable – JSON Driver configuration

Preview Airtable Data in ODBC Driver

1. Open the Preview tab in the DSN configuration window.
2. Generate a query and click Preview Data.
3. Confirm rows are returned. If not, recheck token permissions, Base ID, Table ID, and JSON Path Filter.
   

   Airtable – JSON Driver result

Connect Power BI to Airtable via ODBC

1. Open Power BI Desktop.
2. Go to Home > Get Data > More….
3. Search for ODBC and click Connect.
   

   Power BI – Get data from ODBC connection

4. Select your Airtable DSN from the data source list.
5. Optionally enter a custom SQL query in Advanced options.
   

   Airtable – Power BI select driver

6. Click OK, review the preview, and click Load.
   

   Airtable – Power BI preview

7. In the Navigator, select fields or tables you want to import into your model.

Query Airtable Data with SQL

Use custom SQL queries in the ODBC driver or Power BI to shape data before loading, depending on your database; here are some examples for our table.

Example 1: Select Common Airtable Fields

SELECT
    id,
    createdTime,
    fields_Name AS Name,
    fields_Status AS Status,
    fields_Owner AS Owner,
    fields_Amount AS Amount
FROM records

Example 2: Filter Active Records

SELECT
    id,
    fields_Name,
    fields_Status,
    fields_Priority
FROM records
WHERE fields_Status = 'Done'

Example 3: Recent Records (Last 7 Days)

SELECT
    id,
    fields_Name,
    createdTime
FROM records
WHERE createdTime >= <<today-7d,FUN_TO_DATE>>

Example 4: Group by Status

SELECT
    fields_Status AS Status,
    COUNT(*) AS RecordCount
FROM records
GROUP BY fields_Status
ORDER BY RecordCount DESC

Conclusion

Connecting Airtable to Power BI using the ZappySys ODBC Driver gives you a fast, SQL-friendly way to build analytics on top of Airtable API data. You can centralise operational data, model it in Power BI, and publish dashboards for your team without building custom connectors.

Explore the full capabilities of the ZappySys ODBC Drivers to integrate Airtable and other APIs into your reporting workflow.

Need Help?

If you encounter any issues, our support team is here to help:

1. Live Chat – Use the chat widget (bottom-right corner of this page)
2. Email – support@zappysys.com
3. Support Center – Visit the ZappySys Support Portal

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Airtable is a cloud-based platform that combines spreadsheet simplicity with database capabilities. Teams use Airtable to manage projects, operations, CRM workflows, and content pipelines. Many organisations need Airtable data in SQL Server for reporting, analytics, and downstream data integration.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to connect to Airtable APIs using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) with the ZappySys SSIS PowerPack. This approach helps you build repeatable ETL pipelines without writing custom API integration code.

Prerequisites

1. SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is installed.
2. Visual Studio with SSIS extension or SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is available.
3. An Airtable account with access to target bases and tables.
4. ZappySys SSIS PowerPack is installed on your machine.

Steps

Get Airtable Personal Access Token

1. Sign in to your Airtable account.
2. Go to your developer hub and create a Personal Access Token.
3. Grant scopes required for reading records (for example, data.records:read and schema.bases:read based on your use case).
4. Allow access to the target base(s) and securely copy the token.
   

   Airtable – Create a token

Get Airtable Base ID and Table ID

1. Open the target table in Airtable.
2. Copy the Base ID and Table ID from the URL or API documentation page.
3. Keep these IDs handy because you will use them in the API URL, for example:
   https://api.airtable.com/v0/{BASE_ID}/{TABLE_ID}

Create an HTTP Connection in SSIS

1. Create or open your SSIS project and package.
2. In Connection Managers, right-click and select New Connection….
3. Select ZS-HTTP from the SSIS connectors list.
   

   Create a new HTTP connection

4. Set Credentials Type to Static token/API key.
5. Paste your Airtable token in the token value field.
6. Click OK to save the connection.
   

   Airtable –  Connection configuration

Create and Configure JSON Source

1. In your SSIS package, navigate to the Variables section and create the following variables:
   1. BaseID(String) — Enter the Base ID.
   2. TableID (String) — Enter the Table ID.
2. Drag a Data Flow Task into Control Flow and open it.
   

   Dragging and dropping Data Flow Task into Control Flow

3. In Data Flow, drag and drop the ZS JSON Source.
   

   SSIS JSON Source – Drag and Drop

4. Open the JSON Source editor and enable Use credentials.
5. Select the Airtable HTTP connection you created earlier.
6. Set the API URL. Example to extract records from a table:
   

   https://api.airtable.com/v0/{{User::BaseID}}/{{User::TableID}}

7. Set HTTP Request Method to GET.
8. Set JSON Path Filter to:
   

   $.records[*]

9. Click Preview to confirm rows are returned, then click OK.
   

   Airtable – JSON Source configuration

Configure Destination Component

1. Add an Upsert destination (or another destination of your choice, such as a Trash destination or a JSON/CSV/XML destination).
2. Connect the output arrow from JSON Source to the destination component.
3. Configure your SQL Server connection and target table.
4. Check the options you want to use: Insert or/and Update
5. Map the source columns to destination columns in the Mappings section.
   

   Airtable – Upsert destination

6. Click OK and execute the package.
7. Validate that Airtable rows have been loaded into your SQL Server table.
   

   Airtable – Upsert Destination example

Conclusion

You now have a working SSIS integration to extract Airtable data using ZappySys SSIS PowerPack and Airtable APIs. With this pattern, you can automate extraction of operational records into SQL Server for reporting and analytics.

Explore the full capabilities of the ZappySys SSIS PowerPack to optimise your data integration tasks. By applying this pattern, you can extend your solution to include transformations, data validation, error handling, and scheduling through SQL Server Agent.

Need Help?

If you encounter any issues, our support team is here to help:

1. Live Chat – Use the chat widget (bottom-right corner of this page)
2. Email – support@zappysys.com
3. Support center – Visit the ZappySys Support Portal

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Birdeye is a customer experience and reputation management platform that helps businesses manage reviews, listings, messages, and customer interactions across channels. Many organisations need Birdeye data in Power BI to track review trends, location performance, customer sentiment, and service responsiveness.

Using the ZappySys ODBC Driver for REST APIs, you can connect to Birdeye APIs, query data with SQL, and load it directly into Power BI dashboards without writing custom connector code.

This tutorial shows how to create an ODBC DSN for the Birdeye API, preview data, connect Power BI, and build analytics using custom SQL queries.

Prerequisites

1. A Birdeye account with API access enabled.
2. Power BI Desktop installed on your machine.
3. Basic understanding of SQL and Power BI data modelling.
4. Finally, install the ZappySys ODBC Driver.

Steps

Get Birdeye API Key

1. Sign in to your Birdeye account.
2. Open API settings in your Birdeye admin portal.
3. Generate or copy your API key.
   

   Birdeye – Generate token

4. Store the API key securely and do not expose it in logs or shared files.

Create a new ODBC DSN using ZappySys JSON Driver.

1. Search for ODBC in the Windows Start menu and open ODBC Data Source Administrator.
   
2. In the User DSN or System DSN tab, click Add.
3. Select ZappySys JSON Driver and click Continue.
   

Configure the Connection and API Settings

1. Enter the base URL:
   https://api.birdeye.com/v1/review/businessid/{business_id}
2. In Connection Type, select HTTP and click Configure.
3. Select Static token/API key for Credential type.
4. Use x-api-key in the Auth header name.
5. In Auth Scheme, select {none}
6. Click OK to save the configuration.
   

   Birdeye – ODBC HTTP connection

7. Set HTTP Request Method to GET.
8. Set the following values in the HTTP headers:
   1. Accept: application/json
   2. Content-Type: application/json
9. Set JSON Path Filter to match the review array in the response, for example:
   

   $.hoursOfOperations[*] or $.serviceAreas[*]

10. Click Test Connection to verify connectivity, then click OK to save the DSN.
    

    Birdeye – the JSON Driver configuration

Preview Birdeye data in ODBC Driver

1. Go to the Preview tab.
2. Generate a query, then click Preview Data to confirm rows are returned.
3. If no data is returned, verify your API key, business ID, and JSON Path Filter.
   

   Birdeye – the JSON source preview

Connect Power BI to Birdeye via ODBC

1. Open Power BI Desktop.
2. Click Get Data from the Home ribbon.
3. Click More…, search for ODBC, and click Connect.
   

   Power BI – Get data from ODBC connection

4. Select your Birdeye ODBC DSN from the dropdown list.
5. Optionally, enter a custom SQL query in Advanced options.
   

   Birdeye – Power BI select driver

6. Click OK, then click Load to import data.
   

   Birdeye – Power BI preview

7. In the Navigator window, select the columns you want to load.

Use Other Birdeye Endpoints

You can switch endpoints in DSN settings or custom queries to extract other modules:

• Businesses: https://api.birdeye.com/v1/businesses
• Locations: https://api.birdeye.com/v1/locations
• Messages: https://api.birdeye.com/v1/messages
• Listings: https://api.birdeye.com/v1/listings

Conclusion

Connecting Birdeye to Power BI using the ZappySys ODBC Driver makes it easy to build review and customer-experience analytics without custom connectors. With SQL-based access to Birdeye API responses, you can monitor rating trends, sentiment signals, and location performance in one place.

Explore the full capabilities of the ZappySys ODBC Drivers to integrate Birdeye and other APIs into your Power BI ecosystem.

Need Help?

If you encounter any issues, our support team is here to help:

1. Live Chat – Use the chat widget (bottom-right corner of this page)
2. Email – support@zappysys.com
3. Support center – Visit the ZappySys Support Portal

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Introduction

Birdeye is a customer experience and reputation management platform that helps businesses manage reviews, listings, messages, and customer interactions across channels. Many organisations need Birdeye data in SQL Server for reporting, sentiment tracking, location performance analysis, and operational dashboards.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to connect Birdeye APIs to SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) using ZappySys SSIS PowerPack. This approach helps you build repeatable ETL pipelines without writing custom API integration code.

Prerequisites

1. SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is installed.
2. Visual Studio with SSIS extension or SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is available.
3. A Birdeye account with API access enabled.
4. A valid Birdeye API key.
5. ZappySys SSIS PowerPack is installed on your machine.

Steps

Get Birdeye API Key

1. Sign in to your Birdeye account.
2. Open API settings in your Birdeye admin portal.
3. Generate or copy your API key.
   

   Birdeye – Generate token

4. Store the API key securely and do not expose it in logs or shared files.

Create an HTTP Connection in SSIS

1. Create or open your SSIS project and package.
2. In Connection Managers, right-click and select New Connection….
3. Select ZS-HTTP from the SSIS connectors list.
   

   Create a new HTTP connection

4. Set Credentials Type to Static token/API key.
5. Paste your token in the token value field.
6. Use x-api-key in the Auth header name.
7. In Auth Scheme, select {none}
8. Click OK to save the connection.
   

   Birdeye – HTTP connection

Create and Configure JSON Source

1. Drag a Data Flow Task into Control Flow and open it.
   

   Drag and drop Data flow

2. In Data Flow, drag and drop the ZS JSON Source.
   

   SSIS JSON Source – Drag and Drop

3. Open the JSON Source editor and enable Use credentials.
4. Select the Birdeye HTTP connection you created earlier.
5. Set the API URL. Example to extract reviews:
   

   https://api.birdeye.com/resources/v1/business/{{User::businnessID}}

6. Set HTTP Request Method to GET.
7. Set the following values in HTTP headers:
   1. Accept: application/json
   2. Content-Type: application/json
8. Set JSON Path Filter based on response shape (for example, $.hoursOfOperations[*] or $.serviceAreas[*]).
9. Click Preview to confirm rows are returned, then click OK.
   

   Birdeye – the JSON source configuration

Use Other Birdeye Endpoints (Optional)

You can reuse the same SSIS package pattern with other Birdeye endpoints:

• Businesses: https://api.birdeye.com/v1/businesses
• Locations: https://api.birdeye.com/v1/locations
• Reviews: https://api.birdeye.com/v1/review/businessid/{business_id}
• Messages: https://api.birdeye.com/v1/messages

Configure Destination Component

1. Add an Upsert destination (or another destination of your choice, such as a Trash destination or a JSON/CSV/XML destination).
2. Connect the output arrow from JSON Source to the destination component.
3. Configure your SQL Server connection and target table.
4. Check the options you want to use: Insert or/and Update
5. Map the source columns to destination columns in the Mappings section.
   

   Birdeye – Upsert destination

6. Click OK and execute the package.
7. Validate that Birdeye rows have been loaded into your SQL Server table.
   

   Birdeye – Upsert Destination example

Conclusion

You now have a working SSIS integration to extract Birdeye data using ZappySys SSIS PowerPack and Birdeye APIs. With this pattern, you can automate the extraction of reviews, location data, and customer interaction metrics into SQL Server for reporting and analytics.

Explore the full capabilities of the ZappySys SSIS PowerPack to optimise your data integration tasks. By applying this pattern, you can extend your solution to include transformations, data validation, error handling, and scheduling through SQL Server Agent.

Need Help?

If you encounter any issues, our support team is here to help:

1. Live Chat – Use the chat widget (bottom-right corner of this page)
2. Email – support@zappysys.com
3. Support center – Visit the ZappySys Support Portal

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Pipedrive is a CRM platform used by sales teams to manage leads, deals, contacts, activities, and pipelines. Many organisations need this data in Power BI to monitor sales performance, pipeline health, conversion rates, and team productivity.

Using ZappySys ODBC Driver for REST APIs, you can connect to Pipedrive APIs, query CRM data with SQL, and load it directly into Power BI dashboards without writing custom connector code.

This tutorial shows how to create an ODBC DSN for Pipedrive API, preview data, connect to Power BI, and build analytics using custom SQL queries.

Prerequisites

1. A Pipedrive account with API access enabled.
2. Power BI Desktop is installed on your machine.
3. Basic understanding of SQL and Power BI data modelling.
4. Finally, install the ZappySys ODBC Driver.

Steps

Get Pipedrive API token

1. Sign in to your Pipedrive account.
2. Go to Personal Preferences and open API.
3. Copy your API token and store it securely.
   

   Pipedrive – Personal token

Create a new ODBC DSN using ZappySys JSON Driver

1. Search for ODBC in the Windows Start menu and open ODBC Data Source Administrator.
   
2. In the User DSN or System DSN tab, click Add.
3. Select ZappySys JSON Driver and click Continue.
   

Configure the Connection and API Settings

1. Enter the base URL:
   https://api.pipedrive.com/v1/deals?api_token={your_api_token}
2. Set HTTP Request Method to GET.
3. Set JSON Path Filter to:
   

   $.data[*]

4. Click Test Connection to verify connectivity, then click OK to save the DSN.
   

   Pipedrive – JSON Driver configuration

Preview Pipedrive data in ODBC Driver

1. Go to the Preview tab.
2. Generate a query, then click Preview Data to confirm rows are returned.
3. If no data is returned, verify your API token, endpoint URL, and JSON Path Filter.
   

   Pipedrive – JSON Driver result

Connect Power BI to Pipedrive via ODBC

1. Open Power BI Desktop.
2. Click Get Data from the Home ribbon.
3. Click More…, search for ODBC, and click Connect.
   

   Power BI – Get data from ODBC connection

4. Select your Pipedrive ODBC DSN from the dropdown list.
5. Optionally, enter a custom SQL query in Advanced options.
   

   Pipedrive – Power BI select driver

6. Click OK, then click Load to import data.
   

   Pipedrive – Power BI preview

7. In the Navigator window, select the columns you want to load.

Query Pipedrive data with SQL

For advanced analytics, use custom SQL queries in Power BI or the ODBC tool.

Example 1: List All Deals

SELECT 
    id,
    title,
    value,
    currency,
    status,
    stage_id,
    add_time,
    update_time
FROM data

Example 2: Open Deals Only

SELECT 
    id,
    title,
    value,
    currency,
    stage_id,
    expected_close_date
FROM data
WHERE status = 'open'

Conclusion

Connecting Pipedrive to Power BI using the ZappySys ODBC Driver makes it easy to build CRM analytics dashboards without building custom connectors. With SQL-based access to Pipedrive API responses, you can monitor pipeline performance, deal progression, and sales activity in one place.

Explore the full capabilities of the Zappysys ODBC Drivers to integrate multiple data sources and build comprehensive Power BI dashboards. By combining Pipedrive data with other sources, you can create unified views of your operational data.

Need help?

If you encounter any issues, our support team is here to help:

1. Live Chat – Use the chat widget (bottom-right corner of this page)
2. Email – support@zappysys.com
3. Support Center – Visit the ZappySys Support Portal

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Introduction

Pipedrive is a popular CRM platform used by sales teams to manage deals, leads, contacts, activities, and pipelines. It offers REST APIs that let you access CRM data programmatically. Many organisations extract Pipedrive data into SQL Server for operational reporting, sales dashboards, and analytics.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to connect Pipedrive APIs to SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) using ZappySys SSIS PowerPack. This approach helps you build repeatable ETL pipelines without writing custom API integration code.

Prerequisites

1. SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is installed.
2. Visual Studio with SSIS extension or SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is available.
3. A Pipedrive account with API access.
4. A valid Pipedrive API token.
5. ZappySys SSIS PowerPack is installed on your machine.

Steps

Generate Pipedrive API Token

1. Sign in to your Pipedrive account.
2. Go to Personal Preferences > API.
3. Copy your API token and store it securely.
   

   Pipedrive – Personal token

Create and Configure JSON Source

1. In your SSIS package, navigate to the Variables section and create the following variables: PersonalToken (String) — Enter the Personal Token from the previous step.
2. Drag a Data Flow Task into Control Flow and open it.
   

   Drag and drop Data flow

3. In Data Flow, drag and drop the ZS JSON Source.
   

   SSIS JSON Source – Drag and Drop

4. Open the JSON Source
5. Set the API URL with the variable. Example to extract deals:
   

   https://api.pipedrive.com/v1/deals?api_token={{User::PersonalToken}}

6. Set HTTP Request Method to GET.
7. Set JSON Path Filter to:
   

   $.data[*]

8. Click Preview to confirm rows are returned, then click OK.
   

   Pipedrive – JSON source configuration

Use Other Pipedrive Endpoints (Optional)

You can reuse the same SSIS package pattern with other Pipedrive endpoints:

• Persons: https://api.pipedrive.com/v1/persons?api_token={your_api_token}
• Organizations: https://api.pipedrive.com/v1/organizations?api_token={your_api_token}
• Activities: https://api.pipedrive.com/v1/activities?api_token={your_api_token}
• Leads: https://api.pipedrive.com/v1/leads?api_token={your_api_token}
• Pipelines: https://api.pipedrive.com/v1/pipelines?api_token={your_api_token}

Configure Destination Component

1. Add an Upsert destination (or another destination of your choice, such as a Trash destination or a JSON/CSV/XML destination).
2. Connect the output arrow from JSON Source to the destination component.
3. Configure your SQL Server connection and target table.
4. Check the options you want to use: Insert or/and Update
5. Map the source columns to destination columns in the Mappings section.
   

   Pipedrive  – Upsert destination

6. Click OK and execute the package.
7. Validate that Pipedrive  rows have been loaded into your SQL Server table.
   

   Pipedrive  – Upsert Destination example

Conclusion

You now have a working SSIS integration to extract Pipedrive data using ZappySys SSIS PowerPack and Pipedrive REST APIs. With this pattern, you can automate extraction of deals, contacts, and activity data into SQL Server for reporting and analytics.

Explore the full capabilities of the ZappySys SSIS PowerPack to optimize your data integration tasks. By applying this pattern, you can extend your solution to include transformations, data validation, error handling, and scheduling through SQL Server Agent.

Need Help?

If you encounter any issues, our support team is here to help:

1. Live Chat – Use the chat widget (bottom-right corner of this page)
2. Email – support@zappysys.com
3. Support Center – Visit the ZappySys Support Portal

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WooCommerce is one of the most widely used eCommerce platforms for WordPress websites. Store owners and analysts often need to combine WooCommerce order, product, and customer data with other business metrics in Power BI for reporting and decision-making. Using Zappysys ODBC Driver for REST APIs, you can connect WooCommerce to Power BI and query API data using SQL without custom coding.

This tutorial demonstrates how to configure WooCommerce ODBC connectivity and load WooCommerce data into Power BI for interactive dashboards.

Prerequisites

1. A WordPress site with WooCommerce installed.
2. Microsoft Power BI Desktop is installed on your machine.
3. Basic knowledge of ODBC and SQL queries.
4. Finally, install the ZappySys ODBC Driver.

Steps

Generate WooCommerce API Credentials

1. Sign in to your WordPress admin dashboard.
2. Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced > REST API.
3. Click Add key.
4. Enter a description (for example, Power BI Integration), select a user, and set permissions to Read or Read/Write as needed.
5. Click Generate API key.
6. Copy the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret, then store them securely.
   

   Woocommerce – Get API key

Create a new ODBC DSN using ZappySys JSON Driver

1. Search for ODBC in the Windows Start menu and open ODBC Data Source Administrator.
   
2. In the User DSN or System DSN tab, click Add.
3. Select ZappySys JSON Driver and click Continue.
   

Configure WooCommerce API Connection

1. In the DSN configuration window, enter the base endpoint in Base URL:
   

   https://your-website.com/wp-json/wc/v3/orders

2. Set Connection Type to HTTP and click to configure.
3. Select Basic Auth (Username/Password).
4. Set Username to your WooCommerce Consumer Key.
5. Set the password to your WooCommerce Consumer Secret.
6. Click OK to save the connection.
   

   Woocommerce – ODBC HTTP connection

7. Set HTTP Request Method to GET.
8. Set JSON Path Filter to:
   

   $.data[*]

9. Click Test Connection to verify connectivity, then click OK to save the DSN.
   

   Woocommerce – ODBC JSON Driver configuration

Preview WooCommerce Data in ODBC Driver

1. Open the DSN and go to the Preview tab.
2. Click Preview Data to validate that WooCommerce order rows are visible.
3. If rows are not returned, check the store URL, credentials, SSL, and API permissions.
   

   Woocommerce – ODBC Preview data

Connect Power BI to WooCommerce via ODBC

1. Open Power BI Desktop.
2. Click Get Data from the Home ribbon.
3. Click More…, search for ODBC, and click Connect.
   

   Power BI – Get data from ODBC connection

4. Select your WooCommerce ODBC DSN from the dropdown.
5. Optionally, enter a custom SQL query in Advanced options.
6. Click OK, then click Load to import data.
   

   Woocommerce – Power BI select connection

7. Verify the result and click Load.
   

   Woocommerce – Power BI loads the data

8. In the Navigator window, select the columns you want to load.
   

   Woocommerce – Power BI final result

Conclusion

By connecting WooCommerce to Power BI through the ZappySys ODBC REST/JSON driver, you can quickly turn raw store API data into interactive dashboards. This approach simplifies integration by allowing you to use SQL for data extraction and Power BI for modelling and visualisation.

Explore the full capabilities of the Zappysys ODBC Drivers to integrate multiple data sources and build comprehensive Power BI dashboards. By combining GitHub data with other sources, you can create unified views of your operational data.

Need Help?

If you encounter any issues, our support team is here to help:

1. Live Chat — Use the chat widget (bottom-right corner of this page)
2. Email — support@zappysys.com
3. Support Center — Visit the ZappySys Support Portal

The post How to read WooCommerce data in Power BI using ODBC appeared first on ZappySys Blog.

WooCommerce is one of the most popular eCommerce platforms for WordPress. It provides REST APIs to access products, orders, customers, coupons, and other store data. Many teams need to migrate WooCommerce data to SQL Server for reporting, operational dashboards, and analytics.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to connect WooCommerce APIs to SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) using ZappySys SSIS PowerPack. This approach helps you build repeatable ETL pipelines without writing custom API integration code.

Prerequisites

1. SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is installed.
2. Visual Studio with SSIS extension or SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is available.
3. A WordPress site with WooCommerce installed and API access enabled.
4. ZappySys SSIS PowerPack is installed on your machine.

Steps

Generate WooCommerce API Credentials

1. Sign in to your WordPress admin dashboard.
2. Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced > REST API.
3. Click Add key.
4. Enter a description (for example, SSIS Integration), select a user, and set permissions to Read (or Read/Write if needed).
5. Click Generate API key.
6. Copy the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret, then store them securely.
   

   Woocommerce – Get API key

Create an HTTP Connection in SSIS

1. Create or open your SSIS project and package.
2. In Connection Managers, right-click and select New Connection….
3. Select ZS-HTTP from the SSIS connectors list.
   

   Create a new HTTP connection

4. Set the API URL:
   

   https://{your-website}.com/wp-json/wc/v3

5. Set Credentials Type to Basic Auth (Username/Password).
6. Set Username to your WooCommerce Consumer Key.
7. Set the Password to your WooCommerce Consumer Secret.
8. Click OK to save the connection.
   

   Woocommerce – the HTTP connection

Create and Configure JSON Source

1. Drag a Data Flow Task into Control Flow and open it.
   

   Drag and drop Data flow

2. In Data Flow, drag and drop the ZS JSON Source.
   

   SSIS JSON Source – Drag and Drop

3. Open the JSON Source editor and enable Use credentials.
4. Select the WooCommerce HTTP connection you created earlier.
5. Set the API URL. For example, use the following endpoint to fetch a summary of deposits:
   

   https://{your-website}.com/wp-json/wc/v3/payments/deposits

6. Set HTTP Request Method to GET.
7. Set JSON Path Filter to:
   

   $.data[*]

8. Click Preview to confirm rows are returned, then click OK.
   

   Woocommerce – JSON source

Configure Destination Component

1. Add an Upsert destination (or another destination of your choice, such as a Trash destination or a JSON/CSV/XML destination).
2. Connect the output arrow from JSON Source to the destination component.
3. Configure your SQL Server connection and target table.
4. Check the options you want to use: Insert or/and Update
5. Map the source columns to destination columns in the Mappings section.
   

   Woocommerce  – Upsert destination

6. Click OK and execute the package.
7. Validate that WooCommerce rows have been loaded into your SQL Server table.
   

   Woocommerce  – Upsert Destination example

Conclusion

You now have a working SSIS integration to extract WooCommerce data using ZappySys SSIS PowerPack and WooCommerce REST APIs. With this pattern, you can automate the extraction of product, order, and customer data into SQL Server for reporting and analytics.

Explore the full capabilities of the ZappySys SSIS PowerPack to optimise your data integration tasks. By applying this pattern, you can extend your solution to include additional transformations, data validation, error handling, and scheduling through SQL Server Agent.

Need Help?

If you encounter any issues, our support team is here to help:

1. Live Chat — Use the chat widget (bottom-right corner of this page)
2. Email — support@zappysys.com
3. Support Center — Visit the ZappySys Support Portal

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GitHub is a leading platform for source control, CI/CD workflows, and team collaboration. Many organizations need GitHub data in Power BI to monitor engineering performance, repository health, pull request velocity, and issue resolution trends.

Using ZappySys ODBC Driver for REST APIs, you can connect to GitHub and query GitHub data with SQL, then load it directly into Power BI dashboards without writing custom integration code.

This tutorial shows how to create an ODBC DSN for the GitHub API, preview data, connect Power BI, and build analytics using custom SQL queries.

Prerequisites

1. A GitHub account with access to target repositories or organisation data.
2. Power BI Desktop is installed on your machine.
3. Basic understanding of SQL and Power BI data modelling.
4. Finally, install the ZappySys ODBC Driver.

Steps

Create a GitHub Personal Access Token

1. Sign in to your GitHub account.
2. Go to Settings, then find the Developer settings at the bottom of the page.
   

   Github – Go to Developer settings

3. Now go to Personal access tokens and create a new token (fine-grained or classic, depending on your security policy).
4. Select permissions required for your extraction scenario (for example, repository metadata, issues, or pull requests), owner, expiration date and more.
5. Generate the token and copy it to a secure location.
   

   Github – Generate a new token

Create a new ODBC DSN using ZappySys JSON Driver

1. Search for ODBC in the Windows Start menu and open ODBC Data Source Administrator.
   
2. In the User DSN or System DSN tab, click Add.
3. Select ZappySys JSON Driver and click Continue.
   

Configure the Connection and API Settings

1. Enter the base URL:
   https://api.github.com/user
2. In Connection Type, select HTTP and click Configure.
3. Select Static Token/API Key as the Credential type.
4. Paste your GitHub token in the authentication field.
5. Click OK to save the configuration.
   

   Github – ODBC HTTP Static token connection

6. Set HTTP Request Method to GET.
7. Set the following values in the HTTP headers:
   1. Accept: application/vnd.github+json
   2. X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28
8. Set JSON Path Filter to extract the object array.
9. Click Test Connection to verify connectivity, then click OK to save the DSN.
   

   Github – ODBC configuration

Preview GitHub data in ODBC Driver

1. Go to the Preview tab.
2. Generate a query, then click Preview Data to confirm that rows are returned.
3. If no data is returned, verify your organisation name, token scope, and JSON Path Filter.
   

   GitHub – ODBC result

Connect Power BI to GitHub via ODBC

1. Open Power BI Desktop.
2. Click Get Data from the Home ribbon.
3. Click More…, search for ODBC, and click Connect.
   

   Power BI – Get data from ODBC connection

4. Select your GitHub ODBC DSN from the dropdown list.
5. Optionally, enter a custom SQL query in Advanced options.
6. Click OK, then click Load to import data.
   

   GitHub – Power BI select connection

7. Verify the result and click Load.
   

   GitHub – Power BI load the data

8. In the Navigator window, select the columns you want to load.
   

   GitHub – Power BI final result

Query GitHub Data with SQL

For advanced analytics, use custom SQL queries in Power BI or the ODBC tool.

Example 1: List Repositories

SELECT 
    id,
    name,
    nameWithOwner,
    isPrivate,
    stargazerCount,
    forkCount,
    updatedAt
FROM data.organization.repositories.nodes

Example 2: Public Repositories Only

SELECT 
    name,
    nameWithOwner,
    stargazerCount,
    forkCount
FROM data.organization.repositories.nodes
WHERE isPrivate = false

Example 3: Most Starred Repositories

SELECT 
    nameWithOwner,
    stargazerCount,
    forkCount
FROM data.organization.repositories.nodes
ORDER BY stargazerCount DESC

Example 4: Recently Updated Repositories

SELECT 
    nameWithOwner,
    updatedAt,
    createdAt
FROM data.organization.repositories.nodes
WHERE updatedAt >= DATEADD(DAY, -30, GETDATE())

Example 5: Repository Count by Visibility

SELECT 
    CASE WHEN isPrivate = true THEN 'Private' ELSE 'Public' END AS RepoVisibility,
    COUNT(*) AS RepoCount
FROM data.organization.repositories.nodes
GROUP BY CASE WHEN isPrivate = true THEN 'Private' ELSE 'Public' END

Example 6: Language-Based Distribution

SELECT 
    primaryLanguage_name AS Language,
    COUNT(*) AS RepoCount,
    AVG(stargazerCount) AS AvgStars
FROM data.organization.repositories.nodes
GROUP BY primaryLanguage_name
ORDER BY RepoCount DESC

Create Useful Power BI Measures

Use DAX measures after loading the GitHub dataset:

Total Repositories

TotalRepos = COUNTROWS('nodes')

Total Stars

TotalStars = SUM('nodes'[stargazerCount])

Average Forks per Repository

AvgForks = AVERAGE('nodes'[forkCount])

Private Repository %

PrivateRepoPct =
DIVIDE(
    CALCULATE(COUNTROWS('nodes'), 'nodes'[isPrivate] = TRUE()),
    COUNTROWS('nodes')
)

Conclusion

Connecting GitHub to Power BI using ZappySys ODBC Driver makes it easy to build engineering analytics without writing custom connector code. With SQL-based access to GitHub API responses, you can monitor repository activity, contribution trends, and governance metrics in one place.

Explore the full capabilities of the Zappysys ODBC Drivers to integrate multiple data sources and build comprehensive Power BI dashboards. By combining GitHub data with other sources, you can create unified views of your operational data.

Need Help?

If you encounter any issues, our support team is here to help:

1. Live Chat — Use the chat widget (bottom-right corner of this page)
2. Email — support@zappysys.com
3. Support Center — Visit the ZappySys Support Portal

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Introduction

GitHub is one of the most widely used platforms for source control, DevOps collaboration, and software delivery. Teams often need GitHub data, such as repositories, issues, pull requests, and commits, in SQL Server for analytics, reporting, and governance.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to connect GitHub REST APIs to SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) by using ZappySys SSIS PowerPack. This approach helps you build automated ETL pipelines without writing custom API client code.

Prerequisites

1. SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is installed.
2. Visual Studio with SSIS extension or SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is available.
3. A GitHub account with access to the repositories you want to extract.
4. ZappySys SSIS PowerPack is installed on your machine.

Steps

Create a GitHub Personal Access Token

1. Sign in to your GitHub account.
2. Go to Settings, then find the Developer settings at the bottom of the page.
   

   Github – Go to Developer settings

3. Now go to Personal access tokens and create a new token (fine-grained or classic, depending on your security policy).
4. Select permissions required for your extraction scenario (for example, repository metadata, issues, or pull requests), owner, expiration date and more.
5. Generate the token and copy it to a secure location.
   

   Github – Generate a new token

Create an HTTP Connection in SSIS

1. Create or open your SSIS project and package.
2. In Connection Managers, right-click and select New Connection….
3. Select ZS-HTTP from the SSIS connectors list.
   

   Create a new HTTP connection

4. Set Credentials Type to Static token/API key.
5. Paste your GitHub token in the token value field.
6. Click OK to save the connection.
   

   Github- Connection configuration

Create and Configure JSON Source

1. Drag a Data Flow Task into Control Flow and open it.
2. In Data Flow, drag and drop the ZS JSON Source.
3. Open the JSON Source editor and enable Use credentials.
4. Select the GitHub HTTP connection you created earlier.
5. Set the API URL. Example to extract repositories for the authenticated user:
   

   https://api.github.com/user

6. Set HTTP Request Method to GET.
7. Set the following values in the HTTP headers:
   1. Accept: application/vnd.github+json
   2. X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28
8. Set JSON Path Filter if you need it.
9. Click Preview to confirm rows are returned, then click OK.
   

   Github – JSON source configuration

Use Other GitHub Endpoints (Optional)

You can reuse the same SSIS package pattern with different GitHub endpoints:

• Repositories (org): https://api.github.com/orgs/{org}/repos
• Issues: https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues
• Pull Requests: https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls
• Commits: https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits

Configure Destination Component

1. Add an Upsert destination (or another destination of your choice, such as a Trash destination or a JSON/CSV/XML destination).
2. Connect the output arrow from JSON Source to the destination component.
3. Configure your SQL Server connection and target table.
4. Check the options you want to use: Insert or/and Update
5. Map the source columns to destination columns in the Mappings section.
   

   Github – Upsert destination

6. Click OK and execute the package.
7. Validate that Github rows have been loaded into your SQL Server table.
   

   Github – Upsert Destination example

Conclusion

You now have a working SSIS integration to extract GitHub data by using ZappySys SSIS PowerPack and the GitHub REST API. With this pattern, you can automate the extraction of repository, issue, pull request, and commit data into SQL Server for reporting and analytics.

Explore the full capabilities of the ZappySys SSIS PowerPack to optimise your data integration tasks. By applying this pattern, you can extend your solution to include additional transformations, data validation, error handling, and scheduling through SQL Server Agent.

Need Help?

If you encounter any issues, our support team is here to help:

1. Live Chat — Use the chat widget (bottom-right corner of this page)
2. Email — support@zappysys.com
3. Support Center — Visit the ZappySys Support Portal

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