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  1. Copy the VQL below into the shell

  2. Replace {CONNECTION_NAME} with the desired name for the Box file connection

  3. Replace {BOX_FILE_ID} with the ID of the file in Box.

  4. Navigate to, and double click on the new connection, then click Create Base View.

  5. Code Block

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languagesql
  1. CREATE OR REPLACE FOLDER '/01-base_layer' ;

CREATE OR REPLACE FOLDER '/01-base_layer/01-connections' ;

CREATE OR REPLACE FOLDER '/01-base_layer/01-connections/Box' ;

DROP DATASOURCE DF IF EXISTS {CONNECTION_NAME} CASCADE;

CREATE DATASOURCE DF {CONNECTION_NAME}
    FOLDER = '/01-base_layer/01-connections/box'
    ROUTE HTTP 'http.CommonsHttpClientConnection,120000' GET 'https://api.box.com/2.0/files/{BOX_FILE_ID}/content'
    CHECKCERTIFICATES
    AUTHENTICATION OAUTH20 ( 
      ACCESSTOKEN = 'o35eKDYzCuM2buo8pazGwKwpVIw3MLDwlnqOyXrLr3SsiPG6g4TV5IpxOt4WnRGpTwIClXzb34tBhaqpGeV/RNR5RBSiYbVugR3f5XFL/SZzDyQXUYDobbUKnCWmYbm0' ENCRYPTED
      REQUESTSIGNINGMETHOD = HEADER
      AUTHENTICATION_GRANT = CLIENT_CREDENTIALS_GRANT
      TOKENENDPOINTURL = 'https://api.box.com/oauth2/token'
      EXTRA_PARAMETERS_OF_REFRESH_TOKEN_REQUEST (
          'box_subject_type' = 'enterprise', 
          'box_subject_id' = '192935'
      )
      CLIENTIDENTIFIER = '0jngdws659fyhpkb80f8fbt26q7olovd'
      CLIENTSECRET = 'h4At1ylcdKSNQwrPno80ds7qHUefLv1OXOJUzjBRbWN8lOgBuMpjFzsYVfKwzuPqj2V1iI1VmAopMo18r3ZNyL7/Q8q3lEdj1Nj9qz9grSZN2ad2+OyW73xCXEOneEOc9WlZYfwS4WMsxqV+Rko5k5i4RTnoY9L4ohjMmlvXSUs=' ENCRYPTED
      ACCESSTOKENEXPIRESIN = 4155
    )
    PROXY OFF
    COLUMNDELIMITER = ','
    ENDOFLINEDELIMITER = '\n'
    HEADER = TRUE;

JSON

  1. Copy the VQL below into the shell

  2. Replace {CONNECTION_NAME} with the desired name for the Box file connection

  3. Replace {BOX_FILE_ID} with the ID of the file in Box.

  4. Navigate to, and double click on the new connection, then click Create Base View.Click OK in the Configure

JSON

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In the next screen, for Tuple Root, put /JSONFile/JSONArray and click Create Base View.

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languagesql

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  1. Copy the VQL below into the shell:

    Code Block
    CREATE OR REPLACE FOLDER '/01-base_layer' ;

CREATE OR REPLACE FOLDER '/01-base_layer/01-connections' ;

CREATE OR REPLACE FOLDER '/01-base_layer/01-connections/Box' ;

DROP DATASOURCE JSON IF EXISTS {CONNECTION_NAME} CASCADE;

CREATE DATASOURCE JSON {CONNECTION_NAME}
    FOLDER = '/01-base_layer/01-connections/box'
    ROUTE HTTP 'http.CommonsHttpClientConnection,120000' GET 'https://api.box.com/2.0/files/{BOX_FILE_ID}/content'
    AUTHENTICATION OAUTH20 ( 
      ACCESSTOKEN = 'lJ9DtUEFbvcyXTYkOmnLGRd5LHac+ala0FuWq0d10L8650cm2zzHNWqrBnYmWBo0HEdQL0k8FQ2otLs8Ju6hDl8IdtLn2wvB8YFrgnV2XdyDlhmWYPYIIsQ/BzjSJprpeAYMEw6KP/KaJRJsWvMj6SPH/UmmLioKyxm9vs3oxps=' ENCRYPTED
      REQUESTSIGNINGMETHOD = HEADER
      AUTHENTICATION_GRANT = CLIENT_CREDENTIALS_GRANT
      TOKENENDPOINTURL = 'https://api.box.com/oauth2/token'
      EXTRA_PARAMETERS_OF_REFRESH_TOKEN_REQUEST (
          'box_subject_type' = 'enterprise', 
          'box_subject_id' = '192935'
      )
      CLIENTIDENTIFIER = '0jngdws659fyhpkb80f8fbt26q7olovd'
      CLIENTSECRET = 'Casmq3IRPhmhtynCi+xaldm11WSqZxwPoL1iBmii3qKtHIcofjdOrTNmsHEopSFL5Sv3wJA36xquOjkb0eGT6zIMz9s9R2/5KCdBDO4Gpw4M0QC27DrP+2y/gHkbWQq0g5h5fPZ7IfwzhfPWgnW9LSUDw7la29W7GiaygNE4Q7w=' ENCRYPTED
      ACCESSTOKENEXPIRESIN = 4155
    )
    PROXY OFF;

Excel (WIP)

  1. Copy the VQL below into the shell

  2. Replace {CONNECTION_NAME} with the desired name for the Box file connection

  3. Replace {BOX_FILE_ID} with the ID of the file in Box.

  4. Navigate to, and double click on the new connection, then click Create Base View.

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  2. Click OK in the Configure JSON View Dialog

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  3. In the next screen, for Tuple Root, enter the value that matches your file structure, then click Create Base View. A common Tuple Root value is /JSONFile/JSONArray.

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