Airtable Connection Details¶
Introduction¶
Connector Version
This documentation is based on version 23.0.8803 of the connector.
Get Started¶
Airtable Version Support
The connector leverages the Airtable Standard API V1 to enable bidirectional access to Airtable tables and views.
Establish a Connection¶
Connect to Airtable¶
The connector requests tables and views from Airtable. Specify the following to connect.
BaseId
(optional): You can optionally specify either this property orBaseName
to limit the shown tables and views to a particular base. Set this to your base ID.- To find this value, navigate to the Airtable API Reference and select a base. In the introduction section of the Airtable documentation for the selected base, note the value specified in
The ID of this base is <Id>
.
- To find this value, navigate to the Airtable API Reference and select a base. In the introduction section of the Airtable documentation for the selected base, note the value specified in
BaseName
(optional): You can optionally specify either this property orBaseId
to limit the shown tables and views to a particular base. Set this to the name of the schema, which corresponds to the name of the Base in Airtable, that you want to use.
Authenticate to Airtable¶
You can authenticate to Airtable using either a Personal Access Token or OAuth PKCE.
Personal Access Token¶
First, generate a personal access token, if you have not done so already:
- Log in to your user account.
- Navigate to the token creation page.
- Click
Create new token
. - Under
Scopes
, clickAdd a scope
to add each of the following:- data.records:read
- data.records:write
- schema.bases:read
- Under
Access
, add all the workspaces and bases that you want the token to have access to. - Click
Create token
to generate the token. Copy and save the generated token, as it will only be shown once.
Next, set the following:
AuthScheme
: Set this toPersonalAccessToken
.OAuthAccessToken
: Set this to the value of personal access token that you generated earlier.
OAuth PKCE¶
Set AuthScheme
to OAuthPKCE
.
Desktop Applications¶
An embedded OAuth application is provided that simplifies OAuth desktop Authentication. Alternatively, you can create a custom OAuth application. See Creating a Custom OAuth App 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:
InitiateOAuth
: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting theOAuthAccessToken
.OAuthClientId
(custom applications only): Set this to the client ID assigned when you registered your app.OAuthClientSecret
(custom applications only): Set this to the client secret assigned when you registered your app. Specifying this value is optional if a value was not generated during the OAuth custom application creation process.CallbackURL
(custom application only): Set this to the redirect URI defined when you registered your app. For example:http://localhost:3333
When you connect, the connector opens Airtable's OAuth endpoint in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions to the application. The connector then completes the OAuth process:
- The connector obtains an access token from Airtable and uses it to request data.
- The OAuth values are saved in the location specified in
OAuthSettingsLocation
, to be persisted across connections.
The connector refreshes the access token automatically when it expires.
Create a Custom OAuth App¶
When To Create a Custom OAuth Application¶
embeds OAuth Application credentials with branding that can be used when connecting via a desktop application .
You may choose to use your own OAuth Application credentials when you want to
- control branding of the Authentication Dialog
- control the redirect URI that the application redirects the user to after the user authenticates
- customize the permissions that you are requesting from the user
Create an OAuth App¶
Perform the following steps to generate an OAuth app and its associated credentials:
- Log in to your user account.
- Navigate to the OAuth app creation page.
- Click
Register an OAuth integration
. - Give the OAuth application a descriptive name.
- Specify a callback URL, which can be any localhost URL (such as
http://localhost:33333
), in theOAuth redirect URL
field. - Under
Scopes
, specify the following scopes:- data.records:read
- data.records:write
- schema.bases:read
- Under
Developer details
, you can optionally specify aClient secret
. While not required, generating a client secret can enhance security. - Copy and save the
Client ID
and, if generated, theClient secret
from theDeveloper details
section. You will use these later in theOAuthClientId
andOAuthClientSecret
connection properties. - Click
Save changes
.
Important Notes¶
Configuration Files and Their Paths¶
- All references to adding configuration files and their paths refer to files and locations on the Jitterbit agent where the connector is installed. These paths are to be adjusted as appropriate depending on the agent and the operating system. If multiple agents are used in an agent group, identical files will be required on each agent.
Advanced Features¶
This section details a selection of advanced features of the Airtable connector.
User Defined Views
The connector 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 connector handles TLS/SSL certificate negotiations. You can choose from various certificate formats; see the SSLServerCert
property under "Connection String Options" for more information.
Proxy
To configure the connector using private agent proxy settings, select the Use Proxy Settings
checkbox on the connection configuration screen.
Query Processing
The connector offloads as much of the SELECT statement processing as possible to Airtable and then processes the rest of the query in memory (client-side).
User Defined Views¶
The Airtable connector allows you to define a virtual table whose contents are decided by a pre-configured query. These are called User Defined Views, which are useful in situations where you cannot directly control the query being issued to the driver, e.g. when using the driver from Jitterbit. The User Defined Views can be used to define predicates that are always applied. If you specify additional predicates in the query to the view, they are combined with the query already defined as part of the view.
There are two ways to create user defined views:
- Create a JSON-formatted configuration file defining the views you want.
- DDL statements.
Define Views Using a Configuration File¶
User Defined Views are defined in a JSON-formatted configuration file called UserDefinedViews.json
. The connector 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 connector.
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 SampleTable_1 WHERE MyColumn = 'value'"
},
"MyView2": {
"query": "SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Id IN (1,2,3)"
}
}
Use the UserDefinedViews
connection property to specify the location of your JSON configuration file. For example:
"UserDefinedViews", "C:\Users\yourusername\Desktop\tmp\UserDefinedViews.json"
Define Views Using DDL Statements¶
The connector is also capable of creating and altering the schema via DDL Statements such as CREATE LOCAL VIEW, ALTER LOCAL VIEW, and DROP LOCAL VIEW.
Create a View¶
To create a new view using DDL statements, provide the view name and query as follows:
CREATE LOCAL VIEW [MyViewName] AS SELECT * FROM Customers LIMIT 20;
If no JSON file exists, the above code creates one. The view is then created in the JSON configuration file and is now discoverable. The JSON file location is specified by the UserDefinedViews
connection property.
Alter a View¶
To alter an existing view, provide the name of an existing view alongside the new query you would like to use instead:
ALTER LOCAL VIEW [MyViewName] AS SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE TimeModified > '3/1/2020';
The view is then updated in the JSON configuration file.
Drop a View¶
To drop an existing view, provide the name of an existing schema alongside the new query you would like to use instead.
DROP LOCAL VIEW [MyViewName]
This removes the view from the JSON configuration file. It can no longer be queried.
Schema for User Defined Views¶
User Defined Views are exposed in the UserViews
schema by default. This is done to avoid the view's name clashing with an actual entity in the data model. You can change the name of the schema used for UserViews by setting the UserViewsSchemaName
property.
Work with User Defined Views¶
For example, a SQL statement with a User Defined View called UserViews.RCustomers
only lists customers in Raleigh:
SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE City = 'Raleigh';
An example of a query to the driver:
SELECT * FROM UserViews.RCustomers WHERE Status = 'Active';
Resulting in the effective query to the source:
SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE City = 'Raleigh' AND Status = 'Active';
That is a very simple example of a query to a User Defined View that is effectively a combination of the view query and the view definition. It is possible to compose these queries in much more complex patterns. All SQL operations are allowed in both queries and are combined when appropriate.
SSL Configuration¶
Customize the SSL Configuration¶
By default, the connector 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.
Data Model¶
Overview
This section shows the available API objects and provides more information on executing SQL to Airtable APIs.
Key Features
-
The connector models Airtable entities like documents, folders, and groups as relational views, allowing you to write SQL to query Airtable data.
-
The columns of the tables and views are heuristically discovered by scanning the records from the data source.
The data types of the columns are also heuristically determined if the
TypeDetectionScheme
property is set to 'RowScan'. -
Stored procedures allow you to execute operations to Airtable
-
Live connectivity to these objects means any changes to your Airtable account are immediately reflected when using the connector.
Views
Driver will use TableNames and ViewNames connection properties to specify views of the current base. For each record in TableNames, will be generated two other views, named as "ViewName_Attachments" for exposing attachments information and "ViewName_Collaborations" for exposing collaborator information of the view. An example for this would be Sample table in Views
Tables¶
The connector models the data in Airtable as a list of tables in a relational database that can be queried using standard SQL statements.
Airtable Connector Tables¶
Name | Description |
---|---|
SampleTable | Sample of a random table in a random base. |
SampleTable¶
Sample of a random table in a random base.
Columns¶
Name | Type | ReadOnly | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Id [KEY] | String | False | |
Name | String | False | |
Number | Int | False | |
MultipleSelectTypeColumn | String | False | |
LinkToAnotherRecordTypeColumn | String | False | |
AttachmentTypeColumn | String | False | |
CollaboratorTypeColumn | String | False |
Views¶
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.
Airtable Connector Views¶
Name | Description |
---|---|
SampleTable_Attachments | Child view of the SampleTable table. This is autogenerated view in order to expose values of attachments type columns for SampleTable table. |
SampleTable_Collaborators | Child view of the SampleTable table. This is autogenerated view in order to expose values of collaborators type columns for SampleTable table. |
SampleTable_Attachments¶
Child view of the SampleTable table. This is autogenerated view in order to expose values of attachments type columns for SampleTable table.
Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Id [KEY] | String | |
RowId | String | |
ColumnName | String | |
FileName | String | |
Size | String | |
Type | String | |
URL | String | |
thumbnails_full_height | String | |
thumbnails_full_url | String | |
thumbnails_full_width | String | |
thumbnails_large_height | String | |
thumbnails_large_url | String | |
thumbnails_large_width | String | |
thumbnails_small_height | String | |
thumbnails_small_url | String | |
thumbnails_small_width | String |
SampleTable_Collaborators¶
Child view of the SampleTable table. This is autogenerated view in order to expose values of collaborators type columns for SampleTable table.
Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Id [KEY] | String | |
RowId | String | |
ColumnName | String | |
Name | String | |
Email | String |
Stored Procedures¶
Stored procedures are function-like interfaces that extend the functionality of the connector beyond simple SELECT/INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations with Airtable.
Stored procedures accept a list of parameters, perform their intended function, and then return any relevant response data from Airtable, along with an indication of whether the procedure succeeded or failed.
Airtable Connector Stored Procedures¶
Name | Description |
---|---|
CreateSchema | Creates a schema file for the specified table or view. |
DownloadAttachment | Download an attachment from a table by providing the table name or ID (depending on the DisplayObjectIds connection property) and attachment ID. |
GetOAuthAccessToken | Retrieve the OAuth access token to be used for authentication with Airtable using OAuth. |
GetOAuthAuthorizationURL | Generate the OAuth authorization URL used for authentication with Airtable using OAuth. |
RefreshOAuthAccessToken | Exchanges a refresh token for a new access token. |
CreateSchema¶
Creates a schema file for the specified table or view.
CreateSchema¶
Creates a local schema file (.rsd) from an existing table or view in the data model.
The schema file is created in the directory set in the Location
connection property when this procedure is executed. You can edit the file to include or exclude columns, rename columns, or adjust column datatypes.
The connector checks the Location
to determine if the names of any .rsd files match a table or view in the data model. If there is a duplicate, the schema file will take precedence over the default instance of this table in the data model. If a schema file is present in Location
that does not match an existing table or view, a new table or view entry is added to the data model of the connector.
Input¶
Name | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
TableName | String | True | The name of the table or view. |
FileName | String | True | The full file path and name of the schema to generate. Ex : 'C:\Users\User\Desktop\Filters\Filters.rsd' |
Result Set Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Result | String | Returns Success or Failure. |
DownloadAttachment¶
Download an attachment from a table by providing the table name or ID (depending on the DisplayObjectIds connection property) and attachment ID.
Input¶
Name | Type | Required | Accepts Output Streams | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
SchemaIdentifier | String | False | False | The name or ID of the schema/base that contains the table. This input can be optionally specified to avoid ambiguity. |
TableIdentifier | String | False | False | Specify the name or ID of the table where the attachment is located. |
AttachmentId | String | False | False | Specify the ID of the attachment that you want to download. |
LocalPath | String | False | False | The absolute location where the file will be saved. |
FileStream | String | False | True | An instance of an output stream where file data is written to. Only used if LocalPath is not set. |
Result Set Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
FileData | String | If the LocalPath and FileStream inputs are empty, file data will be output encoded in base64. |
Success | String | Indicates whether or not the operation was successful. |
Details | String | Any extra details on the operation's execution. |
GetOAuthAccessToken¶
Retrieve the OAuth access token to be used for authentication with Airtable using OAuth.
Input¶
Name | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
AuthMode | String | False | The type of authentication mode to use. Select App for getting authentication tokens via a desktop app. Select Web for getting authentication tokens via a Web app. The allowed values are APP, WEB. The default value is APP. |
CallbackUrl | String | False | The URI for the authorize response redirect. Must exactly match a redirect URI associated with your integration. |
State | String | False | This field indicates any state that may be useful to your application upon receipt of the response. Your application receives the same value it sent, as this parameter makes a round-trip to the Airtable server and back. Possible uses include redirecting the user to the correct resource in your site, using nonces, and mitigating cross-site request forgery. |
Scope | String | False | The permissions required by your integration. A string that is a space delimited list of unique scopes. All scopes must be valid, Airtable defined scopes that have been selected for your integration in the integration management page. You must request at least one scope. |
PKCEVerifier | String | False | The PKCEVerifier returned by GetOAuthAuthorizationURL. |
Verifier | String | False | The grant code returned from Airtable after the user has authorized your app to have access to their data. This value will be returned as a code parameter to the callback URL. |
Result Set Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
OAuthAccessToken | String | A token that is used to make requests to the Airtable API on behalf of the user. |
ExpiresIn | String | Time in seconds until the access token expires. |
OAuthRefreshToken | String | A token that may be used to obtain a new access token. |
GetOAuthAuthorizationURL¶
Generate the OAuth authorization URL used for authentication with Airtable using OAuth.
Input¶
Name | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
CallbackURL | String | False | The URI for the authorize response redirect. Must exactly match a redirect URI associated with your integration. |
Scope | String | False | The permissions required by your integration. A string that is a space delimited list of unique scopes. All scopes must be valid, Airtable defined scopes that have been selected for your integration in the integration management page. You must request at least one scope. |
State | String | False | This field indicates any state that may be useful to your application upon receipt of the response. Your application receives the same value it sent, as this parameter makes a round-trip to the Airtable server and back. Possible uses include redirecting the user to the correct resource in your site, using nonces, and mitigating cross-site request forgery. |
Result Set Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
URL | String | The URL to complete user authorization. |
PKCEVerifier | String | A random value used as input for GetOAuthAccessToken. |
RefreshOAuthAccessToken¶
Exchanges a refresh token for a new access token.
Input¶
Name | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
OAuthRefreshToken | String | True | The refresh token returned from the original authorization code exchange. |
Result Set Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
OAuthAccessToken | String | A token that is used to make requests to the Airtable API on behalf of the user. |
ExpiresIn | String | Time in seconds until the access token expires. |
OAuthRefreshToken | String | A token that may be used to obtain a new access token. |
System Tables¶
You can query the system tables described in this section to access schema information, information on data source functionality, and batch operation statistics.
Schema Tables¶
The following tables return database metadata for Airtable:
- sys_catalogs: Lists the available databases.
- sys_schemas: Lists the available schemas.
- sys_tables: Lists the available tables and views.
- sys_tablecolumns: Describes the columns of the available tables and views.
- sys_procedures: Describes the available stored procedures.
- sys_procedureparameters: Describes stored procedure parameters.
- sys_keycolumns: Describes the primary and foreign keys.
- sys_indexes: Describes the available indexes.
Data Source Tables¶
The following tables return information about how to connect to and query the data source:
- sys_connection_props: Returns information on the available connection properties.
- sys_sqlinfo: Describes the SELECT queries that the connector can offload to the data source.
Query Information Tables¶
The following table returns query statistics for data modification queries:
- sys_identity: Returns information about batch operations or single updates.
sys_catalogs¶
Lists the available databases.
The following query retrieves all databases determined by the connection string:
SELECT * FROM sys_catalogs
Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
CatalogName | String | The database name. |
sys_schemas¶
Lists the available schemas.
The following query retrieves all available schemas:
SELECT * FROM sys_schemas
Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
CatalogName | String | The database name. |
SchemaName | String | The schema name. |
sys_tables¶
Lists the available tables.
The following query retrieves the available tables and views:
SELECT * FROM sys_tables
Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
CatalogName | String | The database containing the table or view. |
SchemaName | String | The schema containing the table or view. |
TableName | String | The name of the table or view. |
TableType | String | The table type (table or view). |
Description | String | A description of the table or view. |
IsUpdateable | Boolean | Whether the table can be updated. |
sys_tablecolumns¶
Describes the columns of the available tables and views.
The following query returns the columns and data types for the SampleTable_1 table:
SELECT ColumnName, DataTypeName FROM sys_tablecolumns WHERE TableName='SampleTable_1'
Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
CatalogName | String | The name of the database containing the table or view. |
SchemaName | String | The schema containing the table or view. |
TableName | String | The name of the table or view containing the column. |
ColumnName | String | The column name. |
DataTypeName | String | The data type name. |
DataType | Int32 | An integer indicating the data type. This value is determined at run time based on the environment. |
Length | Int32 | The storage size of the column. |
DisplaySize | Int32 | The designated column's normal maximum width in characters. |
NumericPrecision | Int32 | The maximum number of digits in numeric data. The column length in characters for character and date-time data. |
NumericScale | Int32 | The column scale or number of digits to the right of the decimal point. |
IsNullable | Boolean | Whether the column can contain null. |
Description | String | A brief description of the column. |
Ordinal | Int32 | The sequence number of the column. |
IsAutoIncrement | String | Whether the column value is assigned in fixed increments. |
IsGeneratedColumn | String | Whether the column is generated. |
IsHidden | Boolean | Whether the column is hidden. |
IsArray | Boolean | Whether the column is an array. |
IsReadOnly | Boolean | Whether the column is read-only. |
IsKey | Boolean | Indicates whether a field returned from sys_tablecolumns is the primary key of the table. |
sys_procedures¶
Lists the available stored procedures.
The following query retrieves the available stored procedures:
SELECT * FROM sys_procedures
Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
CatalogName | String | The database containing the stored procedure. |
SchemaName | String | The schema containing the stored procedure. |
ProcedureName | String | The name of the stored procedure. |
Description | String | A description of the stored procedure. |
ProcedureType | String | The type of the procedure, such as PROCEDURE or FUNCTION. |
sys_procedureparameters¶
Describes stored procedure parameters.
The following query returns information about all of the input parameters for the CreateSchema stored procedure:
SELECT * FROM sys_procedureparameters WHERE ProcedureName='CreateSchema' AND Direction=1 OR Direction=2
Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
CatalogName | String | The name of the database containing the stored procedure. |
SchemaName | String | The name of the schema containing the stored procedure. |
ProcedureName | String | The name of the stored procedure containing the parameter. |
ColumnName | String | The name of the stored procedure parameter. |
Direction | Int32 | An integer corresponding to the type of the parameter: input (1), input/output (2), or output(4). input/output type parameters can be both input and output parameters. |
DataTypeName | String | The name of the data type. |
DataType | Int32 | An integer indicating the data type. This value is determined at run time based on the environment. |
Length | Int32 | The number of characters allowed for character data. The number of digits allowed for numeric data. |
NumericPrecision | Int32 | The maximum precision for numeric data. The column length in characters for character and date-time data. |
NumericScale | Int32 | The number of digits to the right of the decimal point in numeric data. |
IsNullable | Boolean | Whether the parameter can contain null. |
IsRequired | Boolean | Whether the parameter is required for execution of the procedure. |
IsArray | Boolean | Whether the parameter is an array. |
Description | String | The description of the parameter. |
Ordinal | Int32 | The index of the parameter. |
sys_keycolumns¶
Describes the primary and foreign keys.
The following query retrieves the primary key for the SampleTable_1 table:
SELECT * FROM sys_keycolumns WHERE IsKey='True' AND TableName='SampleTable_1'
Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
CatalogName | String | The name of the database containing the key. |
SchemaName | String | The name of the schema containing the key. |
TableName | String | The name of the table containing the key. |
ColumnName | String | The name of the key column. |
IsKey | Boolean | Whether the column is a primary key in the table referenced in the TableName field. |
IsForeignKey | Boolean | Whether the column is a foreign key referenced in the TableName field. |
PrimaryKeyName | String | The name of the primary key. |
ForeignKeyName | String | The name of the foreign key. |
ReferencedCatalogName | String | The database containing the primary key. |
ReferencedSchemaName | String | The schema containing the primary key. |
ReferencedTableName | String | The table containing the primary key. |
ReferencedColumnName | String | The column name of the primary key. |
sys_foreignkeys¶
Describes the foreign keys.
The following query retrieves all foreign keys which refer to other tables:
SELECT * FROM sys_foreignkeys WHERE ForeignKeyType = 'FOREIGNKEY_TYPE_IMPORT'
Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
CatalogName | String | The name of the database containing the key. |
SchemaName | String | The name of the schema containing the key. |
TableName | String | The name of the table containing the key. |
ColumnName | String | The name of the key column. |
PrimaryKeyName | String | The name of the primary key. |
ForeignKeyName | String | The name of the foreign key. |
ReferencedCatalogName | String | The database containing the primary key. |
ReferencedSchemaName | String | The schema containing the primary key. |
ReferencedTableName | String | The table containing the primary key. |
ReferencedColumnName | String | The column name of the primary key. |
ForeignKeyType | String | Designates whether the foreign key is an import (points to other tables) or export (referenced from other tables) key. |
sys_primarykeys¶
Describes the primary keys.
The following query retrieves the primary keys from all tables and views:
SELECT * FROM sys_primarykeys
Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
CatalogName | String | The name of the database containing the key. |
SchemaName | String | The name of the schema containing the key. |
TableName | String | The name of the table containing the key. |
ColumnName | String | The name of the key column. |
KeySeq | String | The sequence number of the primary key. |
KeyName | String | The name of the primary key. |
sys_indexes¶
Describes the available indexes. By filtering on indexes, you can write more selective queries with faster query response times.
The following query retrieves all indexes that are not primary keys:
SELECT * FROM sys_indexes WHERE IsPrimary='false'
Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
CatalogName | String | The name of the database containing the index. |
SchemaName | String | The name of the schema containing the index. |
TableName | String | The name of the table containing the index. |
IndexName | String | The index name. |
ColumnName | String | The name of the column associated with the index. |
IsUnique | Boolean | True if the index is unique. False otherwise. |
IsPrimary | Boolean | True if the index is a primary key. False otherwise. |
Type | Int16 | An integer value corresponding to the index type: statistic (0), clustered (1), hashed (2), or other (3). |
SortOrder | String | The sort order: A for ascending or D for descending. |
OrdinalPosition | Int16 | The sequence number of the column in the index. |
sys_connection_props¶
Returns information on the available connection properties and those set in the connection string.
When querying this table, the config connection string should be used:
jdbc:cdata:airtable:config:
This connection string enables you to query this table without a valid connection.
The following query retrieves all connection properties that have been set in the connection string or set through a default value:
SELECT * FROM sys_connection_props WHERE Value <> ''
Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Name | String | The name of the connection property. |
ShortDescription | String | A brief description. |
Type | String | The data type of the connection property. |
Default | String | The default value if one is not explicitly set. |
Values | String | A comma-separated list of possible values. A validation error is thrown if another value is specified. |
Value | String | The value you set or a preconfigured default. |
Required | Boolean | Whether the property is required to connect. |
Category | String | The category of the connection property. |
IsSessionProperty | String | Whether the property is a session property, used to save information about the current connection. |
Sensitivity | String | The sensitivity level of the property. This informs whether the property is obfuscated in logging and authentication forms. |
PropertyName | String | A camel-cased truncated form of the connection property name. |
Ordinal | Int32 | The index of the parameter. |
CatOrdinal | Int32 | The index of the parameter category. |
Hierarchy | String | Shows dependent properties associated that need to be set alongside this one. |
Visible | Boolean | Informs whether the property is visible in the connection UI. |
ETC | String | Various miscellaneous information about the property. |
sys_sqlinfo¶
Describes the SELECT query processing that the connector can offload to the data source.
Discovering the Data Source's SELECT Capabilities¶
Below is an example data set of SQL capabilities. Some aspects of SELECT functionality are returned in a comma-separated list if supported; otherwise, the column contains NO.
Name | Description | Possible Values |
---|---|---|
AGGREGATE_FUNCTIONS | Supported aggregation functions. | AVG , COUNT , MAX , MIN , SUM , DISTINCT |
COUNT | Whether COUNT function is supported. | YES , NO |
IDENTIFIER_QUOTE_OPEN_CHAR | The opening character used to escape an identifier. | [ |
IDENTIFIER_QUOTE_CLOSE_CHAR | The closing character used to escape an identifier. | ] |
SUPPORTED_OPERATORS | A list of supported SQL operators. | = , > , < , >= , <= , <> , != , LIKE , NOT LIKE , IN , NOT IN , IS NULL , IS NOT NULL , AND , OR |
GROUP_BY | Whether GROUP BY is supported, and, if so, the degree of support. | NO , NO_RELATION , EQUALS_SELECT , SQL_GB_COLLATE |
STRING_FUNCTIONS | Supported string functions. | LENGTH , CHAR , LOCATE , REPLACE , SUBSTRING , RTRIM , LTRIM , RIGHT , LEFT , UCASE , SPACE , SOUNDEX , LCASE , CONCAT , ASCII , REPEAT , OCTET , BIT , POSITION , INSERT , TRIM , UPPER , REGEXP , LOWER , DIFFERENCE , CHARACTER , SUBSTR , STR , REVERSE , PLAN , UUIDTOSTR , TRANSLATE , TRAILING , TO , STUFF , STRTOUUID , STRING , SPLIT , SORTKEY , SIMILAR , REPLICATE , PATINDEX , LPAD , LEN , LEADING , KEY , INSTR , INSERTSTR , HTML , GRAPHICAL , CONVERT , COLLATION , CHARINDEX , BYTE |
NUMERIC_FUNCTIONS | Supported numeric functions. | ABS , ACOS , ASIN , ATAN , ATAN2 , CEILING , COS , COT , EXP , FLOOR , LOG , MOD , SIGN , SIN , SQRT , TAN , PI , RAND , DEGREES , LOG10 , POWER , RADIANS , ROUND , TRUNCATE |
TIMEDATE_FUNCTIONS | Supported date/time functions. | NOW , CURDATE , DAYOFMONTH , DAYOFWEEK , DAYOFYEAR , MONTH , QUARTER , WEEK , YEAR , CURTIME , HOUR , MINUTE , SECOND , TIMESTAMPADD , TIMESTAMPDIFF , DAYNAME , MONTHNAME , CURRENT_DATE , CURRENT_TIME , CURRENT_TIMESTAMP , EXTRACT |
REPLICATION_SKIP_TABLES | Indicates tables skipped during replication. | |
REPLICATION_TIMECHECK_COLUMNS | A string array containing a list of columns which will be used to check for (in the given order) to use as a modified column during replication. | |
IDENTIFIER_PATTERN | String value indicating what string is valid for an identifier. | |
SUPPORT_TRANSACTION | Indicates if the provider supports transactions such as commit and rollback. | YES , NO |
DIALECT | Indicates the SQL dialect to use. | |
KEY_PROPERTIES | Indicates the properties which identify the uniform database. | |
SUPPORTS_MULTIPLE_SCHEMAS | Indicates if multiple schemas may exist for the provider. | YES , NO |
SUPPORTS_MULTIPLE_CATALOGS | Indicates if multiple catalogs may exist for the provider. | YES , NO |
DATASYNCVERSION | The Data Sync version needed to access this driver. | Standard , Starter , Professional , Enterprise |
DATASYNCCATEGORY | The Data Sync category of this driver. | Source , Destination , Cloud Destination |
SUPPORTSENHANCEDSQL | Whether enhanced SQL functionality beyond what is offered by the API is supported. | TRUE , FALSE |
SUPPORTS_BATCH_OPERATIONS | Whether batch operations are supported. | YES , NO |
SQL_CAP | All supported SQL capabilities for this driver. | SELECT , INSERT , DELETE , UPDATE , TRANSACTIONS , ORDERBY , OAUTH , ASSIGNEDID , LIMIT , LIKE , BULKINSERT , COUNT , BULKDELETE , BULKUPDATE , GROUPBY , HAVING , AGGS , OFFSET , REPLICATE , COUNTDISTINCT , JOINS , DROP , CREATE , DISTINCT , INNERJOINS , SUBQUERIES , ALTER , MULTIPLESCHEMAS , GROUPBYNORELATION , OUTERJOINS , UNIONALL , UNION , UPSERT , GETDELETED , CROSSJOINS , GROUPBYCOLLATE , MULTIPLECATS , FULLOUTERJOIN , MERGE , JSONEXTRACT , BULKUPSERT , SUM , SUBQUERIESFULL , MIN , MAX , JOINSFULL , XMLEXTRACT , AVG , MULTISTATEMENTS , FOREIGNKEYS , CASE , LEFTJOINS , COMMAJOINS , WITH , LITERALS , RENAME , NESTEDTABLES , EXECUTE , BATCH , BASIC , INDEX |
PREFERRED_CACHE_OPTIONS | A string value specifies the preferred cacheOptions. | |
ENABLE_EF_ADVANCED_QUERY | Indicates if the driver directly supports advanced queries coming from Entity Framework. If not, queries will be handled client side. | YES , NO |
PSEUDO_COLUMNS | A string array indicating the available pseudo columns. | |
MERGE_ALWAYS | If the value is true, The Merge Mode is forcibly executed in Data Sync. | TRUE , FALSE |
REPLICATION_MIN_DATE_QUERY | A select query to return the replicate start datetime. | |
REPLICATION_MIN_FUNCTION | Allows a provider to specify the formula name to use for executing a server side min. | |
REPLICATION_START_DATE | Allows a provider to specify a replicate startdate. | |
REPLICATION_MAX_DATE_QUERY | A select query to return the replicate end datetime. | |
REPLICATION_MAX_FUNCTION | Allows a provider to specify the formula name to use for executing a server side max. | |
IGNORE_INTERVALS_ON_INITIAL_REPLICATE | A list of tables which will skip dividing the replicate into chunks on the initial replicate. | |
CHECKCACHE_USE_PARENTID | Indicates whether the CheckCache statement should be done against the parent key column. | TRUE , FALSE |
CREATE_SCHEMA_PROCEDURES | Indicates stored procedures that can be used for generating schema files. |
The following query retrieves the operators that can be used in the WHERE clause:
SELECT * FROM sys_sqlinfo WHERE Name = 'SUPPORTED_OPERATORS'
Note that individual tables may have different limitations or requirements on the WHERE clause; refer to the Data Model section for more information.
Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
NAME | String | A component of SQL syntax, or a capability that can be processed on the server. |
VALUE | String | Detail on the supported SQL or SQL syntax. |
sys_identity¶
Returns information about attempted modifications.
The following query retrieves the Ids of the modified rows in a batch operation:
SELECT * FROM sys_identity
Columns¶
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Id | String | The database-generated ID returned from a data modification operation. |
Batch | String | An identifier for the batch. 1 for a single operation. |
Operation | String | The result of the operation in the batch: INSERTED, UPDATED, or DELETED. |
Message | String | SUCCESS or an error message if the update in the batch failed. |
Advanced Configurations Properties¶
The advanced configurations 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. Click the links for further details.
Property | Description |
---|---|
AuthScheme | The type of authentication to use when connecting to Airtable. |
ApiKey | ApiKey of the currently authenticated user. |
ClientSecret | Usage of the Metadata API requires a unique client secret when authenticating with a User API Key, with the exception of Enterprise accounts. |
EnableMetadataAPI | Enabling the Metadata API gives you read-only access to a list of your bases, tables and fields, and changes the behavior of the driver for all operations and queries. |
BaseId | Id of the base. This property is not required when the Metadata API is enabled, but specifying it restricts the metadata that will be retrieved. |
BaseName | The schema to use - which corresponds to the name of the Base in Airtable. This property is only used when the Metadata API is enabled. |
TableNames | Comma separated table names of the specified base. |
ViewNames | Comma separated view names of the tables. Ie. ViewNames=TableA.ViewA, TableA.ViewB, .., TableX.ViewY;. |
Property | Description |
---|---|
InitiateOAuth | Set this property to initiate the process to obtain or refresh the OAuth access token when you connect. |
OAuthClientId | The client ID assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthClientSecret | The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthAccessToken | The access token for connecting using OAuth. |
OAuthSettingsLocation | The location of the settings file where OAuth values are saved when InitiateOAuth is set to GETANDREFRESH or REFRESH . Alternatively, you can hold this location in memory by specifying a value starting with 'memory://' . |
CallbackURL | The OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings. |
OAuthVerifier | The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL. |
PKCEVerifier | The PKCE code verifier generated from executing the GetOAuthAuthorizationUrl stored procedure for PKCE authentication schemes. |
OAuthRefreshToken | The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token. |
OAuthExpiresIn | The lifetime in seconds of the OAuth AccessToken. |
OAuthTokenTimestamp | The Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds when the current Access Token was created. |
Property | Description |
---|---|
SSLServerCert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
Property | Description |
---|---|
Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA, SchemaB, SchemaC. |
Tables | This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA, TableB, TableC. |
Views | Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA, ViewB, ViewC. |
TypeDetectionScheme | Determines how to determine the data types of columns. |
Property | Description |
---|---|
DisplayObjectIds | Boolean determining if schema, table, view and column names should be replaced by their corresponding internal ID. |
MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses. |
Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
Pagesize | The maximum number of results to return per page from Airtable. |
PathDelimiter | The character which will be used as delimiter for bulding column names based on paths. |
PseudoColumns | This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table. |
RowScanDepth | The maximum number of rows to scan to look for the columns available in a table. |
Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |
UseSimpleNames | Boolean determining if simple names should be used for tables and columns. |
Authentication¶
This section provides a complete list of authentication properties you can configure.
Property | Description |
---|---|
AuthScheme | The type of authentication to use when connecting to Airtable. |
ApiKey | ApiKey of the currently authenticated user. |
ClientSecret | Usage of the Metadata API requires a unique client secret when authenticating with a User API Key, with the exception of Enterprise accounts. |
EnableMetadataAPI | Enabling the Metadata API gives you read-only access to a list of your bases, tables and fields, and changes the behavior of the driver for all operations and queries. |
BaseId | Id of the base. This property is not required when the Metadata API is enabled, but specifying it restricts the metadata that will be retrieved. |
BaseName | The schema to use - which corresponds to the name of the Base in Airtable. This property is only used when the Metadata API is enabled. |
TableNames | Comma separated table names of the specified base. |
ViewNames | Comma separated view names of the tables. Ie. ViewNames=TableA.ViewA, TableA.ViewB, .., TableX.ViewY;. |
AuthScheme¶
The type of authentication to use when connecting to Airtable.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
OAuthPKCE
Remarks¶
- ApiKey: Set this to use User API Key authentication.
- PersonalAccessToken: Set this to use Personal Access Token authentication.
- OAuthPKCE: Set this to use OAuth PKCE authentication.
ApiKey¶
ApiKey of the currently authenticated user.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
ApiKey of the currently authenticated user.
ClientSecret¶
Usage of the Metadata API requires a unique client secret when authenticating with a User API Key, with the exception of Enterprise accounts.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
Usage of the Metadata API requires a unique client secret when authenticating with a User API Key, with the exception of Enterprise accounts.
EnableMetadataAPI¶
Enabling the Metadata API gives you read-only access to a list of your bases, tables and fields, and changes the behavior of the driver for all operations and queries.
Data Type¶
bool
Default Value¶
true
Remarks¶
The Metadata API allows the connector to dynamically retrieve the bases, tables, views, columns, and column data types from Airtable. If enabled, the driver will reference Airtable tables, views and fields for all operations and queries by their unique ID. Enabling the MetadataAPI requires the 'schema.bases:read' scope for PersonalAccessToken and OAuthPKCE authentication.
If this property is not enabled, you need to manually specify the following:
- BaseId: Set this to your base ID.
- To find this value, navigate to the Airtable API Reference and select a base. In the introduction section of the Airtable documentation for the selected base, note the value specified in
The ID of this base is <Id>
.
- To find this value, navigate to the Airtable API Reference and select a base. In the introduction section of the Airtable documentation for the selected base, note the value specified in
- TableNames: Set this to a comma-separated list of table names for the selected base in the format
TableA,TableB..etc.
Supply the table names exactly as they are displayed in the Airtable UI. - ViewNames (optional): Set this to a comma-separated list of views in the format
TableA.ViewA,TableA.ViewB,..etc.
These are the same view names as those found in the UI.
BaseId¶
Id of the base. This property is not required when the Metadata API is enabled, but specifying it restricts the metadata that will be retrieved.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
Id of the base. This property is not required when the Metadata API is enabled, but specifying it restricts the metadata that will be retrieved.
BaseName¶
The schema to use - which corresponds to the name of the Base in Airtable. This property is only used when the Metadata API is enabled.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
The schema to use - which corresponds to the name of the Base in Airtable. This property is only used when the Metadata API is enabled.
TableNames¶
Comma separated table names of the specified base.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
Comma separated table names of the specified base. The tables can be viewed in either the Airtable UI or from https://airtable.com/api
.
ViewNames¶
Comma separated view names of the tables. Ie. ViewNames=TableA.ViewA,TableA.ViewB,..,TableX.ViewY;.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
Comma separated view names of the views. These are the individual views under each table as displayed in the UI.
OAuth¶
This section provides a complete list of OAuth properties you can configure.
Property | Description |
---|---|
InitiateOAuth | Set this property to initiate the process to obtain or refresh the OAuth access token when you connect. |
OAuthClientId | The client ID assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthClientSecret | The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthAccessToken | The access token for connecting using OAuth. |
OAuthSettingsLocation | The location of the settings file where OAuth values are saved when InitiateOAuth is set to GETANDREFRESH or REFRESH . Alternatively, you can hold this location in memory by specifying a value starting with 'memory://' . |
CallbackURL | The OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings. |
OAuthVerifier | The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL. |
PKCEVerifier | The PKCE code verifier generated from executing the GetOAuthAuthorizationUrl stored procedure for PKCE authentication schemes. |
OAuthRefreshToken | The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token. |
OAuthExpiresIn | The lifetime in seconds of the OAuth AccessToken. |
OAuthTokenTimestamp | The Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds when the current Access Token was created. |
InitiateOAuth¶
Set this property to initiate the process to obtain or refresh the OAuth access token when you connect.
Possible Values¶
OFF
, GETANDREFRESH
, REFRESH
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
OFF
Remarks¶
The following options are available:
OFF
: Indicates that the OAuth flow will be handled entirely by the user. An OAuthAccessToken will be required to authenticate.GETANDREFRESH
: Indicates that the entire OAuth Flow will be handled by the connector. If no token currently exists, it will be obtained by prompting the user via the browser. If a token exists, it will be refreshed when applicable.REFRESH
: Indicates that the connector will only handle refreshing the OAuthAccessToken. The user will never be prompted by the connector to authenticate via the browser. The user must handle obtaining the OAuthAccessToken and OAuthRefreshToken initially.
OAuthClientId¶
The client ID assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
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.
OAuthClientSecret¶
The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
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.
OAuthAccessToken¶
The access token for connecting using OAuth.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
The OAuthAccessToken
property is used to connect using OAuth. The OAuthAccessToken
is retrieved from the OAuth server as part of the authentication process. It has a server-dependent timeout and can be reused between requests.
The access token is used in place of your user name and password. The access token protects your credentials by keeping them on the server.
OAuthSettingsLocation¶
The location of the settings file where OAuth values are saved when InitiateOAuth is set to GETANDREFRESH or REFRESH . Alternatively, you can hold this location in memory by specifying a value starting with 'memory://'
.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
%APPDATA%\Airtable Data Provider\OAuthSettings.txt
Remarks¶
When InitiateOAuth is set to GETANDREFRESH
or REFRESH
, the connector saves OAuth values to avoid requiring the user to manually enter OAuth connection properties and to allow the credentials to be shared across connections or processes.
Instead of specifying a file path, you can use memory storage. Memory locations are specified by using a value starting with 'memory://'
followed by a unique identifier for that set of credentials (for example, memory://user1). The identifier can be anything you choose but should be unique to the user. Unlike file-based storage, where credentials persist across connections, memory storage loads the credentials into static memory, and the credentials are shared between connections using the same identifier for the life of the process. To persist credentials outside the current process, you must manually store the credentials prior to closing the connection. This enables you to set them in the connection when the process is started again. You can retrieve OAuth property values with a query to the sys_connection_props
system table. If there are multiple connections using the same credentials, the properties are read from the previously closed connection.
The default location is "%APPDATA%\Airtable Data Provider\OAuthSettings.txt" with %APPDATA%
set to the user's configuration directory. The default values are
- Windows: "
register://%DSN
" - Unix: "%AppData%..."
- Mac: "%AppData%..."
where DSN is the name of the current DSN used in the open connection.
The following table lists the value of %APPDATA%
by OS:
Platform | %APPDATA% |
---|---|
Windows | The value of the APPDATA environment variable |
Mac | ~/Library/Application Support |
Linux | ~/.config |
CallbackURL¶
The OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
During the authentication process, the OAuth authorization server redirects the user to this URL. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings.
OAuthVerifier¶
The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL. This can be used on systems where a browser cannot be launched such as headless systems.
Authentication on Headless Machines¶
See to obtain the OAuthVerifier
value.
Set OAuthSettingsLocation along with OAuthVerifier
. When you connect, the connector exchanges the OAuthVerifier
for the OAuth authentication tokens and saves them, encrypted, to the specified location. Set InitiateOAuth to GETANDREFRESH to automate the exchange.
Once the OAuth settings file has been generated, you can remove OAuthVerifier
from the connection properties and connect with OAuthSettingsLocation set.
To automatically refresh the OAuth token values, set OAuthSettingsLocation and additionally set InitiateOAuth to REFRESH.
PKCEVerifier¶
The PKCE code verifier generated from executing the GetOAuthAuthorizationUrl stored procedure for PKCE authentication schemes.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
The Proof Key for Code Exchange code verifier generated from executing the GetOAuthAuthorizationUrl stored procedure for PKCE authentication schemes. This can be used on systems where a browser cannot be launched such as headless systems.
Authentication on Headless Machines¶
See to obtain the PKCEVerifier
value.
Set OAuthSettingsLocation along with OAuthVerifier and PKCEVerifier
. When you connect, the connector exchanges the OAuthVerifier and PKCEVerifier
for the OAuth authentication tokens and saves them, encrypted, to the specified location. Set InitiateOAuth to GETANDREFRESH to automate the exchange.
Once the OAuth settings file has been generated, you can remove OAuthVerifier and PKCEVerifier
from the connection properties and connect with OAuthSettingsLocation set.
To automatically refresh the OAuth token values, set OAuthSettingsLocation and additionally set InitiateOAuth to REFRESH.
OAuthRefreshToken¶
The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
The OAuthRefreshToken
property is used to refresh the OAuthAccessToken when using OAuth authentication.
OAuthExpiresIn¶
The lifetime in seconds of the OAuth AccessToken.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
Pair with OAuthTokenTimestamp to determine when the AccessToken will expire.
OAuthTokenTimestamp¶
The Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds when the current Access Token was created.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
Pair with OAuthExpiresIn to determine when the AccessToken will expire.
SSL¶
This section provides a complete list of SSL properties you can configure.
Property | Description |
---|---|
SSLServerCert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
SSLServerCert¶
The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
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:
Description | Example |
---|---|
A full PEM Certificate (example shortened for brevity) | -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIChTCCAe4CAQAwDQYJKoZIhv......Qw== -----END CERTIFICATE----- |
A path to a local file containing the certificate | C:\\cert.cer |
The public key (example shortened for brevity) | -----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY----- MIGfMA0GCSq......AQAB -----END RSA PUBLIC KEY----- |
The MD5 Thumbprint (hex values can also be either space or colon separated) | ecadbdda5a1529c58a1e9e09828d70e4 |
The SHA1 Thumbprint (hex values can also be either space or colon separated) | 34a929226ae0819f2ec14b4a3d904f801cbb150d |
If not specified, any certificate trusted by the machine is accepted.
Certificates are validated as trusted by the machine based on the System's trust store. The trust store used is the 'javax.net.ssl.trustStore' value specified for the system. If no value is specified for this property, Java's default trust store is used (for example, JAVA_HOME\lib\security\cacerts).
Use '*' to signify to accept all certificates. Note that this is not recommended due to security concerns.
Schema¶
This section provides a complete list of schema properties you can configure.
Property | Description |
---|---|
Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA, SchemaB, SchemaC. |
Tables | This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA, TableB, TableC. |
Views | Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA, ViewB, ViewC. |
TypeDetectionScheme | Determines how to determine the data types of columns. |
Location¶
A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
%APPDATA%\Airtable Data Provider\Schema
Remarks¶
The path to a directory which contains the schema files for the connector (.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%\Airtable Data Provider\Schema" with %APPDATA%
being set to the user's configuration directory:
Platform | %APPDATA% |
---|---|
Windows | The value of the APPDATA environment variable |
Mac | ~/Library/Application Support |
Linux | ~/.config |
BrowsableSchemas¶
This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
Listing the schemas from databases can be expensive. Providing a list of schemas in the connection string improves the performance.
Tables¶
This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
Listing the tables from some databases can be expensive. Providing a list of tables in the connection string improves the performance of the connector.
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.
Views¶
Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
Listing the views from some databases can be expensive. Providing a list of views in the connection string improves the performance of the connector.
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.
TypeDetectionScheme¶
Determines how to determine the data types of columns.
Possible Values¶
None
, RowScan
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
RowScan
Remarks¶
Property | Description |
---|---|
None | Setting TypeDetectionScheme to None will return all columns as the string type. |
RowScan | Setting TypeDetectionScheme to RowScan will scan rows to heuristically determine the data type. The RowScanDepth determines the number of rows to be scanned. |
Miscellaneous¶
This section provides a complete list of miscellaneous properties you can configure.
Property | Description |
---|---|
DisplayObjectIds | Boolean determining if schema, table, view and column names should be replaced by their corresponding internal ID. |
MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses. |
Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
Pagesize | The maximum number of results to return per page from Airtable. |
PathDelimiter | The character which will be used as delimiter for bulding column names based on paths. |
PseudoColumns | This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table. |
RowScanDepth | The maximum number of rows to scan to look for the columns available in a table. |
Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |
UseSimpleNames | Boolean determining if simple names should be used for tables and columns. |
DisplayObjectIds¶
Boolean determining if schema, table, view and column names should be replaced by their corresponding internal ID.
Data Type¶
bool
Default Value¶
false
Remarks¶
Boolean determining if schema, table, view and column names should be replaced by their corresponding internal ID. If this property and the Metadata API is also enabled, the description for tables, views and columns will include their corresponding display name.
MaxRows¶
Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses.
Data Type¶
int
Default Value¶
-1
Remarks¶
Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses.
Other¶
These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
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¶
Property | Description |
---|---|
DefaultColumnSize | Sets the default length of string fields when the data source does not provide column length in the metadata. The default value is 2000. |
ConvertDateTimeToGMT | Determines whether to convert date-time values to GMT, instead of the local time of the machine. |
RecordToFile=filename | Records the underlying socket data transfer to the specified file. |
Pagesize¶
The maximum number of results to return per page from Airtable.
Data Type¶
int
Default Value¶
100
Remarks¶
The Pagesize
property affects the maximum number of results to return per page from Airtable. Setting a higher value may result in better performance at the cost of additional memory allocated per page consumed.
PathDelimiter¶
The character which will be used as delimiter for bulding column names based on paths.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
.
Remarks¶
If your columns already contain '.' character in their name, it is necessary to specify another character that is not used in column names, since it may risk breaking INSERT/UPDATE statements.
PseudoColumns¶
This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
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, "*=*".
RowScanDepth¶
The maximum number of rows to scan to look for the columns available in a table.
Data Type¶
int
Default Value¶
100
Remarks¶
The columns in a table must be determined by scanning table rows. This value determines the maximum number of rows that will be scanned.
Setting a high value may decrease performance. Setting a low value may prevent the data type from being determined properly, especially when there is null data.
Timeout¶
The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.
Data Type¶
int
Default Value¶
60
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 connector throws an exception.
UserDefinedViews¶
A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views.
Data Type¶
string
Default Value¶
""
Remarks¶
User Defined Views are defined in a JSON-formatted configuration file called UserDefinedViews.json
. The connector 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 connector.
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 SampleTable_1 WHERE MyColumn = 'value'"
},
"MyView2": {
"query": "SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Id IN (1,2,3)"
}
}
Use the UserDefinedViews
connection property to specify the location of your JSON configuration file. For example:
"UserDefinedViews", C:\Users\yourusername\Desktop\tmp\UserDefinedViews.json
Note that the specified path is not embedded in quotation marks.
UseSimpleNames¶
Boolean determining if simple names should be used for tables and columns.
Data Type¶
bool
Default Value¶
false
Remarks¶
Airtable tables and columns can use special characters in names that are normally not allowed in standard databases. UseSimpleNames
makes the connector easier to use with traditional database tools.
Setting UseSimpleNames
to true will simplify the names of tables and columns returned. It will enforce a naming scheme such that only alphanumeric characters and the underscore are valid for the displayed table and column names. Any nonalphanumeric characters will be converted to an underscore.