Connecting to Act! CRM

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to Act! CRM and configure any necessary connection properties in a JDBC URL. You can also configure driver capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Connecting to JDBC Data Sources

The CData JDBC Driver for Act! CRM provides full support for integration into Java applications, including Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, and many other Integrated Development Environments, as well as J2EE applications running on a Java server such as Tomcat. You can find JSP, console, and swing demos in the installation folder.

Java Version Support

To deploy the driver JAR file, you must have Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.8 or higher installed on your system.

Act! CRM Version Support

The driver models Act! Premium on-premises and Act! Premium Cloud accounts as relational databases, surfacing Contacts, Activities, Opportunities, and other objects as database tables. Act! Premium for Desktop is also supported; however, a subscription is required to use the API.

See Also

• Create Connection Objects

  See Connecting from Code to create JDBC Connection objects.

• Query Data from Code

  See Executing Statements and Using Prepared Statements to execute SQL statements to Act! CRM tables.

• Connect from Java-Based Tools

  See Using from Tools shows how to connect to Act! CRM and query data from several popular database tools.