Configure a Connection Profile

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

Connecting to Azure DevOps

To connect to your Azure DevOps account, navigate to Profile > Organizations to obtain the name of your organization in the account. Set the Organization property to this value.

Note: Since table names can exist in multiple catalogs and schemas, when querying a Azure DevOps table, specify the Organization, Catalog, and Schema.

Authenticating to Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps supports both Basic and Azure AD (OAuth-based) authentication.

Basic

When you connect to your Azure DevOps via Basic authentication, you provide both the Organization and a PersonalAccessToken.

To generate a personal access token, log in to your Azure DevOps Organization account and navigate to Profile > Personal Access Tokens > New Token. The generated token displays.

Azure AD

Azure AD is Microsoft’s multi-tenant, cloud-based directory and identity management service. It is user-based authentication that requires that you set AuthScheme to AzureAD and set Organization to the name of your Azure DevOps Organization.

Authentication to Azure AD over a Web application always requires the creation of a custom OAuth application. For details, see Creating an Azure AD Application.

Desktop Applications

CData provides an embedded OAuth application that simplifies connection to Azure AD from a Desktop application.

You can also authenticate from a desktop application using a custom OAuth application. (For further information, see Creating an Azure AD Application.) To authenticate via Azure AD, set these parameters:

• AuthScheme: AzureAD.

• Custom applications only:

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

When you connect, the add-in opens Azure DevOps's OAuth endpoint in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions to the application.

The add-in completes the OAuth process, obtaining an access token from Azure DevOps and using it to request data. The OAuth values are saved in the path specified in OAuthSettingsLocation. These values persist across connections.

When the access token expires, the add-in refreshes it automatically.

Connection Properties

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

Managing Connections

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

See Also

• Querying Data: Use the data selection wizard to pull data into a spreadsheet. You can also configure scheduled data refresh here.
• Using the Excel Add-In: Find other ways to interact with Azure DevOps data, such as using the available CData Excel Functions.