FreshBooks ODBC Driver for StarOffice Connection

Accessing the FreshBooks database can be fast and seamless by using the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) solution. Providing full interoperability, the ODBC driver for FreshBooks allows you to access live FreshBooks data directly from StarOffice. It enables you to retrieve data to StarOffice, and review and modify these data right in this application.

FreshBooks Key Features

  • Customization and flexibility
  • Forecasting and analytics
  • Files sync and share
  • Sales automation

StarOffice Key Features

  • Office suite with database integration
  • Form design and data entry
  • Data analysis and reporting
  • Collaboration and sharing
Native Connectivity to FreshBooks

Direct Connection

Our data connector enables various ODBC-aware applications to establish a direct connection to FreshBooks via TCP/IP to eliminate the need for a FreshBooks client. A direct connection increases the speed of data transmission between StarOffice and FreshBooks for real-time analytics. It streamlines the deployment process since there is no need to distribute any additional client-side software with the ODBC driver for FreshBooks.

What are some reasons to choose Devart ODBC Driver for FreshBooks?

Integration

Integration

ODBC Driver for FreshBooks is compatible with StarOffice allowing extraction of data by executing SQL statements.

Platforms Variety

Platforms Variety

ODBC Driver for FreshBooks can be used with 32-bit and 64-bit applications on both x32 and x64 platforms, so there is no need to additionally configure the driver, applications, or environment.

Fully Unicode-Compliant Driver

Fully Unicode-Compliant Driver

With our fully Unicode-compliant driver, you can properly retrieve and modify any data in multilingual FreshBooks databases, regardless of their character set: Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Chinese, etc., and in any language environment.

How to download, install, and configure ODBC Driver for FreshBooks?

Download the driver. Run the installer and follow the instructions in the wizard. Open ODBC Data Sources. In the System DSN tab, click Add. Select the needed driver and click Finish.
In the License tab of the Configuration dialog, click Input Activation Key and enter your key. Click OK.
In the General tab of the Configuration dialog, fill in the fields with the database connection data. To test the connectivity, click Test Connection. To save the DSN, click OK.
Tools

How to connect StarOffice to FreshBooks data source and access data in 3 steps

Install the ODBC driver and configure an ODBC data source

01. Create a DSN. Launch Database Wizard from Calc, click on Connect to an existing database, then select ODBC.

ODBC Connection Wizard in StarOffice
View tables from ODBC data source in StarOffice

02. Select the previously configured DSN, click Finish. Save a new database. You will see the list of tables in your data source.

View tables from ODBC data source in StarOffice
Retrieve data to StarOffice through ODBC

03. To view the data from a specific table, double-click on the table name. You can create SQL queries in the Queries tool.

Retrieve data to StarOffice through ODBC

Advantages of Connectivity to FreshBooks from StarOffice via ODBC Driver

Secure Connection

Secure Connection

Every operation with FreshBooks becomes significantly faster using such capabilities of our driver as local data caching, connection pooling, and much more.

Working with StarOffice using Multiple Functions

Working with StarOffice using Multiple Functions

Using StarOffice, you can create tables, add data, select, delete, sort, edit, combine data from several database tables, and find unique values quickly and easily.

ODBC Conformance

ODBC Conformance

The driver fully supports the ODBC interface, its data types, and functions. It offers advanced connection string parameters and allows any ODBC-compliant desktop or web application to connect to FreshBooks from StarOffice on various platforms.

Simple SQL Querying on StarOffice Files

Simple SQL Querying on StarOffice Files

StarOffice processes SQL through its SQL dialect. Using ODBC connection, it is simple to execute different SQL queries to retrieve entire tables or specific columns from Excel, filter data, format data, numbers, etc.

Cost-Effective Deployment

Cost-Effective Deployment

Installing the driver is easy with the standalone installation file. There is no need in deploying and configuring any additional software which results in a reduction in deployment costs.

Sharing Your Data with Excel

Sharing Your Data with StarOffice

You can share your data with other users in StarOffice quickly and easily. Upload your StarOffice data to the SharePoint lists so that it can be available for you and others to use to create reports, data models, dashboards, etc.

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