Establishing a Connection

Configure a Connection Profile

From the CData ribbon, click Get Data and select From LinkedIn Marketing Solutions connection/s to launch the CData Query window. To setup a new connection, you will have to click the New LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Connection button. Here you can set the connection settings, test the connection, and save the connection profile.

Authenticating to LinkedIn Marketing Solutions (OAuth)

LinkedIn Marketing Solutions supports OAuth authentication only.

Desktop Applications

CData provides an embedded OAuth application that simplifies OAuth desktop Authentication. Alternatively, you can create a custom OAuth application. See Creating a Custom OAuth Application for information about creating custom applications and reasons for doing so.

Get and Refresh the OAuth Access Token

After setting the following, you are ready to connect:

OAuthClientId (custom applications only): Set this to the client Id assigned when you registered your application.
OAuthClientSecret (custom applications only): Set this to the client secret assigned when you registered your application.
CallbackURL (custom application only): Set this to the redirect URI defined when you registered your application.

When you connect, the add-in opens LinkedIn Marketing Solutions's OAuth endpoint in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions to the application. The add-in refreshes the access token automatically when it expires.

Connection Properties

The Connection properties describe the various options that can be used to establish a connection.

Managing Connections

After successfully authenticating to LinkedIn Marketing Solutions you will be able to customize the data you are importing. To learn more about this, see Managing Connections.