Adding a Connection to Twitter Ads

1. In the application console, navigate to the Connections page.
2. At the Add Connections panel, select the icon for the connection you want to add.
3. If the Twitter Ads icon is not available, click the Add More icon to download and install the Twitter Ads connector from the CData site.

For required properties, see the Settings tab.

For connection properties that are not typically required, see the Advanced tab.

Connecting to Twitter Ads

Synch Connections

To connect, set the following variables:

• OAuthClientId: The client Id assigned when you registered your custom OAuth application.
• OAuthClientSecret: The client secret assigned when you registered your custom OAuth application.

Click Connect to Twitter Ads to open the OAuth endpoint in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions to the application.

The driver then completes the OAuth process as follows:

• Extracts the access token from the callback URL.
• Obtains a new access token when the old one expires.
• Saves OAuth values so that they persist across connections.

This section details a selection of advanced features of the Twitter Ads Sync App.

User Defined Views

The Sync App allows you to define virtual tables, called user defined views, whose contents are decided by a pre-configured query. These views are useful when you cannot directly control queries being issued to the drivers. See User Defined Views for an overview of creating and configuring custom views.

SSL Configuration

Use SSL Configuration to adjust how Sync App handles TLS/SSL certificate negotiations. You can choose from various certificate formats; see the SSLServerCert property under "Connection String Options" for more information.

Firewall and Proxy

Configure the Sync App for compliance with Firewall and Proxy, including Windows proxies and HTTP proxies. You can also set up tunnel connections.

Query Processing

The Sync App offloads as much of the SELECT statement processing as possible to Twitter Ads and then processes the rest of the query in memory (client-side).

See Query Processing for more information.

Logging

See Logging for an overview of configuration settings that can be used to refine CData logging. For basic logging, you only need to set two connection properties, but there are numerous features that support more refined logging, where you can select subsets of information to be logged using the LogModules connection property.

Customizing the SSL Configuration

By default, the Sync App attempts to negotiate SSL/TLS by checking the server's certificate against the system's trusted certificate store.

To specify another certificate, see the SSLServerCert property for the available formats to do so.

Connecting Through a Firewall or Proxy

HTTP Proxies

To connect through the Windows system proxy, you do not need to set any additional connection properties. To connect to other proxies, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.

In addition, to authenticate to an HTTP proxy, set ProxyAuthScheme, ProxyUser, and ProxyPassword, in addition to ProxyServer and ProxyPort.

Other Proxies

Set the following properties:

• To use a proxy-based firewall, set FirewallType, FirewallServer, and FirewallPort.
• To tunnel the connection, set FirewallType to TUNNEL.
• To authenticate, specify FirewallUser and FirewallPassword.
• To authenticate to a SOCKS proxy, additionally set FirewallType to SOCKS5.

The CData Sync App models Twitter Ads entities in relational Tables, Views, and Stored Procedures.

API limitations and requirements are documented in this section; you can use the SupportEnhancedSQL feature, set by default, to circumvent most of these limitations.

Views

Views are tables that cannot be modified. Typically, data that are read-only and cannot be updated are shown as views.

Stored Procedures

Stored Procedures are function-like interfaces to the data source. They can be used to search, update, and modify information in the data source.

The Sync App models the data in Twitter Ads as a list of tables in a relational database that can be queried using standard SQL statements.

Twitter Ads Connector for CData Sync Tables

Retrieve details for some or all permissions associated with the specified tailored audience.

Columns

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

Retrieve details for some or all Tailored Audiences associated with the current account.

View Specific Information

Select

Only the Id filter is supported.

SELECT * FROM AdAudiences WHERE Id = 'TXR1'

Insert

This table supports simple Insert and batch Insert operations.

Simple Insert:

INSERT INTO [AdAudiences] (name) VALUES ('test')

Batch Insert:

Batch inserts are used to generate a new audience based on existing audiences and by setting a couple of conditions on them.

For example: To create a new audience based on the most active users of X1 AND (X2 or X3) audience the structure would be like this:

INSERT INTO a#TEMP (CustomAudienceId, frequency, frequencyComparator, lookbackWindow, negate) VALUES ('TYIF', 1, 'NUM_GT', 30, true)

INSERT INTO b#TEMP (CustomAudienceId, lookbackWindow) VALUES ('TXR1', 30)

INSERT INTO c#TEMP (CustomAudienceId, frequency, frequencyComparator, lookbackWindow, negate) VALUES ('TYFO', 1, 'NUM_GT', 30, true)

INSERT INTO AdAudiences#TEMP (audienceType, name, segments) VALUES ('FLEXIBLE', 'Test1', 'a#TEMP AND (b#TEMP OR c#TEMP)')

INSERT INTO [AdAudiences] (audienceType, name, segments) SELECT audienceType, name, segments FROM [AdAudiences#TEMP]

Make sure to set the required columns on initial temp tables, for example a#TEMP, which are: CustomAudienceId and LookbackWindow.

Values that are set in these temp table will be used by AdAudiences#TEMP in the Segments column, which will be used as a criteria, combined with AND/OR logical operators.

Update

Simple Update:

UPDATE [AdAudiences] SET Name = 'testModified' WHERE Name = 'test'

Batch Update:

Batch updates are used to modify an existing audience by setting a couple of new conditions on it.

For example: To modify an audience based on the most active users of X1 AND (X2 or X3) audience the structure would be like this:

INSERT INTO a#TEMP (CustomAudienceId, frequency, frequencyComparator, lookbackWindow, negate) VALUES ('TYIF', 1, 'NUM_GT', 30, true)

INSERT INTO b#TEMP (CustomAudienceId, lookbackWindow) VALUES ('TXR1', 30)

INSERT INTO c#TEMP (CustomAudienceId, frequency, frequencyComparator, lookbackWindow, negate) VALUES ('TYFO', 1, 'NUM_GT', 30, true)

INSERT INTO AdAudiences#TEMP (audienceType, name, segments) VALUES ('FLEXIBLE', 'Test1', 'a#TEMP AND (b#TEMP OR c#TEMP)')

UPDATE [AdAudiences] (audienceType, name, segments) SELECT audienceType, name, segments FROM [AdAudiences#TEMP]

Delete

Simple Delete:

DELETE FROM [AdAudiences] WHERE Name = 'test'

Batch Delete:

INSERT INTO a#TEMP (CustomAudienceId, frequency, frequencyComparator, lookbackWindow, negate) VALUES ('TYIF', 1, 'NUM_GT', 30, true)

INSERT INTO b#TEMP (CustomAudienceId, lookbackWindow) VALUES ('TXR1', 30)

INSERT INTO c#TEMP (CustomAudienceId, frequency, frequencyComparator, lookbackWindow, negate) VALUES ('TYFO', 1, 'NUM_GT', 30, true)

INSERT INTO AdAudiences#TEMP (audienceType, name, segments) VALUES ('FLEXIBLE', 'Test1', 'a#TEMP AND (b#TEMP OR c#TEMP)')

DELETE FROM [AdAudiences] WHERE EXISTS SELECT audienceType, name, segments FROM [AdAudiences#TEMP]

Columns

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

Views are similar to tables in the way that data is represented; however, views are read-only.

Queries can be executed against a view as if it were a normal table.

Twitter Ads Connector for CData Sync Views

Retrieve all of the advertising-enabled accounts the authenticating user has access to.

View Specific Information

Select

There are no available filters for this view.

Columns

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

Retrieve details about which entities' analytics metrics have changed in a given time period.

Columns

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

Retrieve reach and average frequency analytics for specified campaigns.

Columns

Retrieve details for some or all campaigns associated with the current account.

View Specific Information

Select

Only the AccountId filter is supported. This is a common required filter for all views related to analytics. If specified, it will override the value of the AccountId connection property. Otherwise, if no value is specified, the Sync App will try to get the first account from the list returned by the AdAccount view.

Columns

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

Retrieve details for some or all cards associated with the current account.

Columns

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

Retrieve some or all funding instruments associated with the account specified in the path.

View Specific Information

Select

Only the AccountId filter is supported. This is a common required filter for all views related to analytics. If specified, it will override the value of the AccountId connection property. Otherwise, if no value is specified, the Sync App will try to get the first account from the list returned by the AdAccount view.

Columns

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

Retrieve reach and average frequency analytics for specified funding instruments.

Columns

Retrieve some or all funding instruments associated with the account specified.

View Specific Information

Select

Only the AccountId filter is supported. This is a common required filter for all views related to analytics. If specified, it will override the value of the AccountId connection property. Otherwise, if no value is specified, the Sync App will try to get the first account from the list returned by the AdAccount view.

Columns

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

Retrieve all of the advertising-enabled Tweets the authenticating user has access to.

View Specific Information

Select

Only the AccountId filter is supported. This is a common required filter for all views related to analytics. If specified, it will override the value of the AccountId connection property. Otherwise, if no value is specified, the Sync App will try to get the first account from the list returned by the AdAccount view.

Columns

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

Query information about all available metrics for a certain entity.

View Specific Information

AdStats contain all available analytic metrics for all types of entities. When querying this view only the metrics supported by the specified entity will be populated with values.

Support for Twitter Ads Asynchronous API

Select

Below are the fields that can be specified to filter the results.

SELECT * FROM AdStats WHERE StartTime = '12/02/2016' AND EndTime = '12/09/2016'

SELECT * FROM AdStats WHERE EntityId = '807000624822882304' AND Entity = 'ORGANIC_TWEET'

SELECT * FROM AdStats WHERE Granularity = 'HOUR'

SELECT * FROM AdStats WHERE Placement = 'PUBLISHER_NETWORK'

The listed filters are optional, but it is recommended to specify at least the Entity, EntityId, and the time window.

SELECT * FROM AdStats WHERE EntityId = '807000624822882304' AND Entity = 'ORGANIC_TWEET' AND StartTime = '12/02/2016' AND EndTime = '12/09/2016' 

Columns

Retrieve all of the advertising-enabled Tweets the authenticating user has access to.

View Specific Information

Select

The AccountId field is filterable server-side.

SELECT * FROM AdTweets WHERE AccountId = '1234'

SELECT * FROM AdTweets WHERE AccountId IN (SELECT Id FROM AdAccounts)

Columns

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider. Click the links for further details.

Authentication

OAuth

SSL

Firewall

Proxy

Logging

Schema

Miscellaneous

This section provides a complete list of the Authentication properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

Identifier of the advertising account. This Id is used to get analytic stats for the account that is identified by this Id. The AddAccounts view can be used to list available accounts with their specific Ids.

Remarks

Identifier of the advertising account. This Id is used to get analytic stats for the account that is identified by this Id. The AddAccounts view can be used to list available accounts with their specific Ids.

The current version of Twitter API.

Remarks

The current version of Twitter API.

A boolean that indicates whether or not you would like to use app-only authentication.

Remarks

Set this to true to have your Twitter app log in to Twitter instead of a user.

This section provides a complete list of the OAuth properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

The client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Remarks

As part of registering an OAuth application, you will receive the OAuthClientId value, sometimes also called a consumer key, and a client secret, the OAuthClientSecret.

The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Remarks

As part of registering an OAuth application, you will receive the OAuthClientId, also called a consumer key. You will also receive a client secret, also called a consumer secret. Set the client secret in the OAuthClientSecret property.

The authentication token used to request and obtain the OAuth Access Token.

Remarks

This property is required only when performing headless authentication in OAuth 1.0. It can be obtained from the GetOAuthAuthorizationUrl stored procedure.

It can be supplied alongside the AuthKey in the GetOAuthAccessToken stored procedure to obtain the OAuthAccessToken.

The authentication key used to request and obtain the OAuth Access Token.

Remarks

This property is required only when performing headless authentication in OAuth 1.0. It can be obtained from the GetOAuthAuthorizationUrl stored procedure.

It can be supplied alongside the AuthToken in the GetOAuthAccessToken stored procedure to obtain the OAuthAccessToken.

This section provides a complete list of the SSL properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.

Remarks

If using a TLS/SSL connection, this property can be used to specify the TLS/SSL certificate to be accepted from the server. Any other certificate that is not trusted by the machine is rejected.

This property can take the following forms:

If not specified, any certificate trusted by the machine is accepted.

Use '*' to signify to accept all certificates. Note that this is not recommended due to security concerns.

This section provides a complete list of the Firewall properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

This property specifies the protocol that the Sync App will use to tunnel traffic through the FirewallServer proxy. Note that by default, the Sync App connects to the system proxy; to disable this behavior and connect to one of the following proxy types, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.

To connect to HTTP proxies, use ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To authenticate to HTTP proxies, use ProxyAuthScheme, ProxyUser, and ProxyPassword.

The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

This property specifies the IP address, DNS name, or host name of a proxy allowing traversal of a firewall. The protocol is specified by FirewallType: Use FirewallServer with this property to connect through SOCKS or do tunneling. Use ProxyServer to connect to an HTTP proxy.

Note that the Sync App uses the system proxy by default. To use a different proxy, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.

The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

This specifies the TCP port for a proxy allowing traversal of a firewall. Use FirewallServer to specify the name or IP address. Specify the protocol with FirewallType.

The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

The FirewallUser and FirewallPassword properties are used to authenticate against the proxy specified in FirewallServer and FirewallPort, following the authentication method specified in FirewallType.

A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

This property is passed to the proxy specified by FirewallServer and FirewallPort, following the authentication method specified by FirewallType.

This section provides a complete list of the Proxy properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

This indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not.

Remarks

This takes precedence over other proxy settings, so you'll need to set ProxyAutoDetect to FALSE in order use custom proxy settings.

To connect to an HTTP proxy, see ProxyServer. For other proxies, such as SOCKS or tunneling, see FirewallType.

The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through.

Remarks

The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through. The Sync App can use the HTTP, Windows (NTLM), or Kerberos authentication types to authenticate to an HTTP proxy.

If you need to connect through a SOCKS proxy or tunnel the connection, see FirewallType.

By default, the Sync App uses the system proxy. If you need to use another proxy, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.

The TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on.

Remarks

The port the HTTP proxy is running on that you want to redirect HTTP traffic through. Specify the HTTP proxy in ProxyServer. For other proxy types, see FirewallType.

The authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.

Remarks

This value specifies the authentication type to use to authenticate to the HTTP proxy specified by ProxyServer and ProxyPort.

Note that the Sync App will use the system proxy settings by default, without further configuration needed; if you want to connect to another proxy, you will need to set ProxyAutoDetect to false, in addition to ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To authenticate, set ProxyAuthScheme and set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword, if needed.

The authentication type can be one of the following:

• BASIC: The Sync App performs HTTP BASIC authentication.
• DIGEST: The Sync App performs HTTP DIGEST authentication.
• NEGOTIATE: The Sync App retrieves an NTLM or Kerberos token based on the applicable protocol for authentication.
• PROPRIETARY: The Sync App does not generate an NTLM or Kerberos token. You must supply this token in the Authorization header of the HTTP request.

If you need to use another authentication type, such as SOCKS 5 authentication, see FirewallType.

A user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.

Remarks

The ProxyUser and ProxyPassword options are used to connect and authenticate against the HTTP proxy specified in ProxyServer.

You can select one of the available authentication types in ProxyAuthScheme. If you are using HTTP authentication, set this to the user name of a user recognized by the HTTP proxy. If you are using Windows or Kerberos authentication, set this property to a user name in one of the following formats:

user@domain
domain\user

A password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.

Remarks

This property is used to authenticate to an HTTP proxy server that supports NTLM (Windows), Kerberos, or HTTP authentication. To specify the HTTP proxy, you can set ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To specify the authentication type, set ProxyAuthScheme.

If you are using HTTP authentication, additionally set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword to HTTP proxy.

If you are using NTLM authentication, set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword to your Windows password. You may also need these to complete Kerberos authentication.

For SOCKS 5 authentication or tunneling, see FirewallType.

By default, the Sync App uses the system proxy. If you want to connect to another proxy, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.

The SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy.

Remarks

This property determines when to use SSL for the connection to an HTTP proxy specified by ProxyServer. This value can be AUTO, ALWAYS, NEVER, or TUNNEL. The applicable values are the following:

A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer .

Remarks

The ProxyServer is used for all addresses, except for addresses defined in this property. Use semicolons to separate entries.

Note that the Sync App uses the system proxy settings by default, without further configuration needed; if you want to explicitly configure proxy exceptions for this connection, you need to set ProxyAutoDetect = false, and configure ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To authenticate, set ProxyAuthScheme and set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword, if needed.

This section provides a complete list of the Logging properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

Core modules to be included in the log file.

Remarks

Only the modules specified (separated by ';') will be included in the log file. By default all modules are included.

See the Logging page for an overview.

This section provides a complete list of the Schema properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.

Remarks

The path to a directory which contains the schema files for the Sync App (.rsd files for tables and views, .rsb files for stored procedures). The folder location can be a relative path from the location of the executable. The Location property is only needed if you want to customize definitions (for example, change a column name, ignore a column, and so on) or extend the data model with new tables, views, or stored procedures.

If left unspecified, the default location is "%APPDATA%\\CData\\TwitterAds Data Provider\\Schema" with %APPDATA% being set to the user's configuration directory:

This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC.

Remarks

Listing the schemas from databases can be expensive. Providing a list of schemas in the connection string improves the performance.

This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC.

Remarks

Listing the tables from some databases can be expensive. Providing a list of tables in the connection string improves the performance of the Sync App.

This property can also be used as an alternative to automatically listing views if you already know which ones you want to work with and there would otherwise be too many to work with.

Specify the tables you want in a comma-separated list. Each table should be a valid SQL identifier with any special characters escaped using square brackets, double-quotes or backticks. For example, Tables=TableA,[TableB/WithSlash],WithCatalog.WithSchema.`TableC With Space`.

Note that when connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you will need to provide the fully qualified name of the table in this property, as in the last example here, to avoid ambiguity between tables that exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.

Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC.

Remarks

Listing the views from some databases can be expensive. Providing a list of views in the connection string improves the performance of the Sync App.

This property can also be used as an alternative to automatically listing views if you already know which ones you want to work with and there would otherwise be too many to work with.

Specify the views you want in a comma-separated list. Each view should be a valid SQL identifier with any special characters escaped using square brackets, double-quotes or backticks. For example, Views=ViewA,[ViewB/WithSlash],WithCatalog.WithSchema.`ViewC With Space`.

Note that when connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you will need to provide the fully qualified name of the table in this property, as in the last example here, to avoid ambiguity between tables that exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.

This section provides a complete list of the Miscellaneous properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

Specifies if is Twitter Premium account. This is false by default.

Remarks

Specifies if is Twitter Premium account. This is false by default.

The maximum amount of time to delay (in seconds) before submitting a request if it would be rate limited.

Remarks

Twitter uses different rate limits for total number of requests for different endpoints. These can range from as few as 15 per 15 minute window, up to 900 for a 15 minute window. Internally the CData Sync App keeps track of if a given request would result in a rate limit exception. If a rate limit would occur, the CData Sync App can internally delay submitting a request until the limit is up. However, this could also result in waiting for several minutes before requesting data, which is also not a good behavior.

The MaxRateLimitDelay gives control over the maximum amount of time the CData Sync App will wait once it detects a rate limit would occur. Since the amount of time the CData Sync App needs to wait can be calculated, if it would have to wait longer than the MaxRateLimitDelay, it will simply error immediately when it sees the time would take too long.

Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses.

Remarks

Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses.

These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.

Remarks

The properties listed below are available for specific use cases. Normal driver use cases and functionality should not require these properties.

Specify multiple properties in a semicolon-separated list.

Integration and Formatting

This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table.

Remarks

This setting is particularly helpful in Entity Framework, which does not allow you to set a value for a pseudo column unless it is a table column. The value of this connection setting is of the format "Table1=Column1, Table1=Column2, Table2=Column3". You can use the "*" character to include all tables and all columns; for example, "*=*".

Default SearchTerms if none are specified. Used for some tables such as Tweets where SearchTerms may be specified.

Remarks

Default SearchTerms if none are specified. Used for some tables such as Tweets where SearchTerms may be specified.

The number of results to return per page of data retrieved from the Twitter stream.

Remarks

The number of results to return per page of data retrieved from the Twitter stream.

This property represents the maximum time to read streaming data, in seconds.

Remarks

Set StreamReadDuration property to consume streaming data for a specific time period. When StreamReadDuration is reached and StreamTimeout is 0, then the connection will be closed.

The maximum number of seconds to continue waiting for results while streaming. When this value is reached and no tweets are returned, then the connection will be closed.

Remarks

Set the value of StreamTimeout to 0 in order to keep the connection open indefinitely. Note that, if the value of this property is greater than zero, the value of the StreamPageSize property, will be overwriten and will be set to one(1).

The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.

Remarks

If Timeout = 0, operations do not time out. The operations run until they complete successfully or until they encounter an error condition.

If Timeout expires and the operation is not yet complete, the Sync App throws an exception.

This field sets whether the Twitter Ads Asynchronous API is enabled.

Remarks

AdStats is the only table impacted.

Note that when you use the Async API, the Twitter Ads driver polls for a response. How long it waits before timing out is governed by the Timeout connection property. The default is timeout value is 60 seconds, so if you receive a timeout error, increase the value.

A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views.

Remarks

User Defined Views are defined in a JSON-formatted configuration file called UserDefinedViews.json. The Sync App automatically detects the views specified in this file.

You can also have multiple view definitions and control them using the UserDefinedViews connection property. When you use this property, only the specified views are seen by the Sync App.

This User Defined View configuration file is formatted as follows:

• Each root element defines the name of a view.
• Each root element contains a child element, called query, which contains the custom SQL query for the view.

For example:

{
	"MyView": {
		"query": "SELECT * FROM AdAudiences WHERE MyColumn = 'value'"
	},
	"MyView2": {
		"query": "SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Id IN (1,2,3)"
	}
}

"UserDefinedViews", C:\Users\yourusername\Desktop\tmp\UserDefinedViews.json