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Connect to Azure Analysis Services Data from PowerBuilder
This article demonstrates how to access Azure Analysis Services data from Appeon PowerBuilder using the CData ADO.NET Provider for Azure Analysis Services.
This article demonstrates using the CData ADO.NET Provider for Azure Analysis Services in PowerBuilder, showcasing the ease of use and compatibility of these standards-based controls across various platforms and development technologies that support Microsoft .NET, including Appeon PowerBuilder.
This article shows how to create a basic PowerBuilder application that uses the CData ADO.NET Provider for Azure Analysis Services to retrieve data.
- In a new WPF Window Application solution, add all the Visual Controls needed for the connection properties. Below is a typical connection string:
URL=asazure://REGION.asazure.windows.net/server;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH
To connect to Azure Analysis Services, set the Url property to a valid server, for instance, asazure://southcentralus.asazure.windows.net/server, in addition to authenticating. Optionally, set Database to distinguish which Azure database on the server to connect to.
Azure Analysis Services uses the OAuth authentication standard. OAuth requires the authenticating user to interact with Azure Analysis Services using the browser. You can connect without setting any connection properties for your user credentials. See the Help documentation for more information.
- Add the DataGrid control from the .NET controls.
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Configure the columns of the DataGrid control. Below are several columns from the Account table:
<DataGrid AutoGenerateColumns="False" Margin="13,249,12,14" Name="datagrid1" TabIndex="70" ItemsSource="{Binding}"> <DataGrid.Columns> <DataGridTextColumn x:Name="idColumn" Binding="{Binding Path=Id}" Header="Id" Width="SizeToHeader" /> <DataGridTextColumn x:Name="nameColumn" Binding="{Binding Path=Country}" Header="Country" Width="SizeToHeader" /> ... </DataGrid.Columns> </DataGrid> - Add a reference to the CData ADO.NET Provider for Azure Analysis Services assembly.
Connect the DataGrid
Once the visual elements have been configured, you can use standard ADO.NET objects like Connection, Command, and DataAdapter to populate a DataTable with the results of an SQL query:
System.Data.CData.AAS.AASConnection conn
conn = create System.Data.CData.AAS.AASConnection(connectionString)
System.Data.CData.AAS.AASCommand comm
comm = create System.Data.CData.AAS.AASCommand(command, conn)
System.Data.DataTable table
table = create System.Data.DataTable
System.Data.CData.AAS.AASDataAdapter dataAdapter
dataAdapter = create System.Data.CData.AAS.AASDataAdapter(comm)
dataAdapter.Fill(table)
datagrid1.ItemsSource=table.DefaultView
The code above can be used to bind data from the specified query to the DataGrid.
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