Infoworks 6.1.3
Onboard Data
Additional Connectors

Onboarding Data from LinkedIn Ads

Creating a LinkedIn Ads Source

For creating a LinkedIn Ads source, see Configuring Additional Connectors. Ensure that the Source Type selected is LinkedIn Ads.

To enable OAuth for LinkedIn Ads, see Enabling OAuth for CDATA Drivers.

Embedded OAuth Parameter Settings

You can connect to the CDATA driver without setting any connection properties for your user credentials.

Set the following embedded OAuth parameter:

OAuth ParameterDescription
OAuthSettingsLocationSaves the authentication values to be persisted across connections. The user must register an init script on the jobs cluster to propagate the OAuthSettingsLocation file across all the worker nodes.

Custom OAuth Parameter Settings

Set the following parameters to authenticate with the credentials for a Custom OAuth app:

FieldDescription
OAuthClientIdSet this to the client Id assigned when you registered your app.
OAuthClientSecretSet this to the client secret assigned when you registered your app.
CallbackURLSet this to the redirect URI defined when you registered your app.

LinkedIn Ads Configurations

FieldDescription
Fetch Data UsingThe mechanism through which Infoworks fetches data from the database.
Connection URLThe connection URL through which Infoworks connects to the database.
UsernameThe username for the connection to the database.
PasswordThe password for the username provided.
Source SchemaThe schema in the database to be crawled. The schema value is case sensitive.

Once the settings are saved, you can test the connection.

Configuring a LinkedIn Ads Table

For configuring a LinkedIn Ads table, see Configuring a Table.

Establishing a Connection

To create a JDBC URL, see Establishing a Connection.

Data Model

The tables and views supported by the source are described in the Data Model.

JDBC Connection Parameters

For the list of JDBC connection parameters, see Connection Parameters.