This section shows how to set up ODBC connectivity and configure DSNs on macOS.

Minimum macOS Version

The CData ODBC Driver for Cvent driver requires macOS Sierra (10.12) or above.

Licensing the Driver

In a terminal, run the following commands to license the driver. To activate a trial, omit the <key> input.

cd "/Applications/CData ODBC Driver for Cvent/bin"
sudo ./install-license.sh <key>

You'll be prompted for a name and password. These refer to your name and your machine's password.

The Cvent REST API uses the client credentials flow of OAuth 2.0 to authorize requests to the Cvent.

Before You Connect

Before you can authenticate to Cvent, you must create a workspace and an OAuth application.

Creating a Workspace

To create a workspace:

1. Sign into Cvent and navigate to App Switcher (the blue button in the upper right corner of the page) > Admin.
2. In the Admin menu, navigate to Integrations > REST API.
3. A new tab launches for Developer Management. Click on Manage API Access in the new tab.
4. Create a Workspace and name it. Select the scopes you would like your developers to have access to. Scopes control what data domains the developer can access.
   • Choose All to allow developers to choose any scope, and any future scopes added to the REST API.
   • Choose Custom to limit the scopes developers can choose for their OAuth apps to selected scopes. To access all tables exposed by the driver, you need to set the following scopes:
     • event/attendees:read
     • event/attendees:write
     • event/contacts:read
     • event/contacts:write
     • event/custom-fields:read
     • event/custom-fields:write
     • event/events:read
     • event/events:write
     • event/sessions:delete
     • event/sessions:read
     • event/sessions:write
     • event/speakers:delete
     • event/speakers:read
     • event/speakers:write
     • budget/budget-items:read
     • budget/budget-items:write
     • exhibitor/exhibitors:read
     • exhibitor/exhibitors:write
     • survey/surveys:read
     • survey/surveys:write

Creating an OAuth Application

After you have set up a Workspace and invited them, developers can sign up and create a custom OAuth app. See Creating a Custom OAuth Application for a procedure.

Connecting to Cvent

After creating an OAuth application, set the following connection properties to connect to Cvent:

• InitiateOAuth: GETANDREFRESH. Used to automatically get and refresh the OAuthAccessToken.
• OAuthClientId: The Client ID associated with the OAuth application. You can find this on the Applications page in the Developer Portal.
• OAuthClientSecret: The Client secret associated with the OAuth application. You can find this on the Applications page in the Developer Portal.

Uninstalling the Driver

The easiest way to uninstall the driver is to open a terminal and run the included uninstall.sh script, located in the installation directory. For example:

cd "/Applications/CData ODBC Driver for Cvent"
sudo ./uninstall.sh

Note: The script needs to be run from the installation directory.