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Create MongoDB-Connected Business Apps in AppSheet
Connect to MongoDB Data via CData Connect Cloud in Google AppSheet and create custom business applications with real-time access to MongoDB data.
Google AppSheet is a no-code development platform for application software, enabling users to design mobile, tablet, and web applications. When combined with CData Connect Cloud, you gain immediate cloud-to-cloud access to MongoDB data for business applications. This article outlines the process of connecting to MongoDB using Connect Cloud and constructing a basic app from MongoDB data within AppSheet.
CData Connect Cloud offers a dedicated cloud-to-cloud interface for MongoDB, enabling the creation of reports directly from live MongoDB data within AppSheet, all without the need for data replication to a native database. When you design applications that interact with data, AppSheet formulates SQL queries to retrieve the required information. With its inherent optimized data processing capabilities, CData Connect Cloud efficiently channels all supported SQL operations, including filters and JOINs, directly to MongoDB. This leverages server-side processing to swiftly deliver the requested MongoDB data.
About MongoDB Data Integration
Accessing and integrating live data from MongoDB has never been easier with CData. Customers rely on CData connectivity to:
- Access data from MongoDB 2.6 and above, ensuring broad usability across various MongoDB versions.
- Easily manage unstructured data thanks to flexible NoSQL (learn more here: Leading-Edge Drivers for NoSQL Integration).
- Leverage feature advantages over other NoSQL drivers and realize functional benefits when working with MongoDB data (learn more here: A Feature Comparison of Drivers for NoSQL).
MongoDB's flexibility means that it can be used as a transactional, operational, or analytical database. That means CData customers use our solutions to integrate their business data with MongoDB or integrate their MongoDB data with their data warehouse (or both). Customers also leverage our live connectivity options to analyze and report on MongoDB directly from their preferred tools, like Power BI and Tableau.
For more details on MongoDB use case and how CData enhances your MongoDB experience, check out our blog post: The Top 10 Real-World MongoDB Use Cases You Should Know in 2024.
Getting Started
Configure MongoDB Connectivity for AppSheet
Connectivity to MongoDB from AppSheet is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with MongoDB data from AppSheet, we start by creating and configuring a MongoDB connection.
- Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
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- Select "MongoDB" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to MongoDB.
Set the Server, Database, User, and Password connection properties to connect to MongoDB. To access MongoDB collections as tables you can use automatic schema discovery or write your own schema definitions. Schemas are defined in .rsd files, which have a simple format. You can also execute free-form queries that are not tied to the schema.
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- Click Create & Test
- Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add MongoDB Connection page and update the User-based permissions.
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Add a Personal Access Token
If you are connecting from a service, application, platform, or framework that does not support OAuth authentication, you can create a Personal Access Token (PAT) to use for authentication. Best practices would dictate that you create a separate PAT for each service, to maintain granularity of access.
- Click on your username at the top right of the Connect Cloud app and click User Profile.
- On the User Profile page, scroll down to the Personal Access Tokens section and click Create PAT.
- Give your PAT a name and click Create.
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- The personal access token is only visible at creation, so be sure to copy it and store it securely for future use.
With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to MongoDB data from AppSheet.
Connect to MongoDB from AppSheet
The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect Cloud from AppSheet to create a new MongoDB data source.
- Log into AppSheet
- Click "My account" in the menu
- Click the Sources tab and add a new data source
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- Select Cloud Database and set the connection information
- Type: Sql Server
- Server: tds.cdata.com,14333
- Database: the MongoDB connection, for example, MongoDB1
- Username: a Connect Cloud user, for example, user@mydomain.com
- Password: the PAT for the above Connect Cloud user
- SSL: Require SSL
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- Click "Test Connection"
- Click "Authorize Access"
Create an App
Once you create the data source for MongoDB, you can start building apps on MongoDB data. Start by clicking "My apps" in the menu.
- Click to create a new app and select "Start with your own data"
- Name the app and select an appropriate category, based on your data
- Select the newly created data source
- Select the table or view with the data you want
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At this point, you can configure the design of your app, selecting which columns from the selected table to display, use as labels, and more. Preview the app in the preview panel and then publish or share it when ready.
To get live data access to 100+ SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications, try CData Connect Cloud today!
