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Use the API Server and Oracle Eloqua ADO.NET Provider to Access Oracle Eloqua Data in Microsoft PowerPivot
Use the API Server to connect to live Oracle Eloqua data in the PowerPivot business intelligence tool.
This article will explain how to use the API Server and the ADO.NET Provider for Oracle Eloqua (or any of 200+ other ADO.NET Providers) to provide Oracle Eloqua data as OData services and then consume the data in Microsoft Excel's PowerPivot business intelligence tool. Follow the steps below to retrieve and edit Oracle Eloqua data in Power Pivot.
Set Up the API Server
Follow the steps below to begin producing secure Oracle Eloqua OData services:
Deploy
The API Server runs on your own server. On Windows, you can deploy using the stand-alone server or IIS. On a Java servlet container, drop in the API Server WAR file. See the help documentation for more information and how-tos.
The API Server is also easy to deploy on Microsoft Azure, Amazon EC2, and Heroku.
Connect to Oracle Eloqua
After you deploy the API Server and the ADO.NET Provider for Oracle Eloqua, provide authentication values and other connection properties needed to connect to Oracle Eloqua by clicking Settings -> Connections and adding a new connection in the API Server administration console.
There are two authentication methods available for connecting to Oracle Eloqua: Login and OAuth. The Login method requires you to have the Company, User, and Password of the user.
If you do not have access to the username and password or do not wish to require them, you can use OAuth authentication. OAuth is better suited for allowing other users to access their own data. Using login credentials is better suited for accessing your own data.
You can then choose the Oracle Eloqua entities you want to allow the API Server access to by clicking Settings -> Resources.
Additionally, click Settings -> Server and set the Default Format to XML (Atom) for compatibility with Excel.
Authorize API Server Users
After determining the OData services you want to produce, authorize users by clicking Settings -> Users. The API Server uses authtoken-based authentication and supports the major authentication schemes. Access can also be restricted based on IP address; by default, only connections to the local machine are allowed. You can authenticate as well as encrypt connections with SSL.
Import Oracle Eloqua Tables in Power Pivot
Follow the steps below to import tables that can be refreshed on demand:
- In Excel, click the PowerPivot Window icon in the PowerPivot tab to open PowerPivot.
- Click Home -> Get External Data -> From Data Service -> From OData Data Feed.
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Add authentication parameters. Click Advanced and set the Integrated Security option to Basic. You will need to enter the User Id and Password of a user who has access to the CData API Server. Set the password to the user's authtoken.
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In the Base URL box, enter the OData URL of the CData API Server. For example, http://localhost:8032/api.rsc.
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Select which tables you want to import and click Finish.
You can now work with Oracle Eloqua data in Power Pivot.
