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  1. Open the VQL Shell

  2. Make sure you have the correct virtual database (VDB) selected in the top left corner of the VQL shell.

  3. Follow the sections below based on the type of file you want to connect to.

CSV

  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 (see step 3 in Step-by-Step).

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

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Getting Box File ID

To get the ID of a Box file, navigate to the file in the Box web UI and copy the ID from the end of the URL.

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CSV

  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 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;

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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 (see step 3 in Step-by-Step). 
  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;
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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 (see step 3 in Step-by-Step). 
  4. Navigate to, and double click on the new connection, then click Create Base View.
  5. Click OK in the Configure JSON View Dialog
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  6. 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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