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Roller API SQL Driver

Invantive SQL is the fastest, easiest and most reliable way to exchange data with the Roller API.

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Online software for attractions, entertainment and leisure venues.

The Roller driver covers 41 tables and 452 columns.

Roller API Clients

Invantive SQL is available on many user interfaces ("clients" in traditional server-client paradigma). All Invantive SQL statements can be exchanged with a close to 100% compatibility across all clients and operating systems (Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android).

The clients include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Power Query, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook. Web-based clients include Invantive Cloud, Invantive Bridge Online as OData proxy, Invantive App Online for interactive apps, Online SQL Editor for query execution and Invantive Data Access Point as extended proxy.

The Roller Power BI connector is based on the Invantive SQL driver for Roller, completed by a high-performance OData connector which works straight on Power BI without any add-on. The OData protocol is always version 4, independent whether the backing platform uses OData, SOAP or another protocol.

For technical users there are command-line editions of Invantive Data Hub running on iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS and Linux. Invantive Data Hub is also often used for enterprise server applications such as ETL. High-volume replication of data taken from the Roller API into traditional databases such as SQL Server (on-premise and Azure), MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle is possible using Invantive Data Replicator. Invantive Data Replicator automatically creates and maintains Roller datawarehouses, possibly in combination with data from over 70 other (cloud) platforms. Data Replicator supports data volumes up to over 1 TB and over 5.000 companies. The on-premise edition of Invantive Bridge offers an Roller ADO.net provider.

Finally, online web apps can be build for Roller using App Online of Invantive Cloud.

Monitor API Calls

When a query or DML-statement has been executed on Invantive SQL a developer can evaluate the actual calls made to the Roller API using a query on sessionios@DataDictionary. As an alternative, extensive request and response logging can be enabled by setting log-native-calls-to-disk to true. In the %USERPROFILE%\Invantive\NativeLog folder Invantive SQL will create log files per API request and response.

Specifications

The SQL driver for Roller does not support partitioning. Define one data container in a database for each company in Roller to enable parallel access for data from multiple companies.

An introduction into the concepts of Invantive SQL such as databases, data containers and partitioning can be found in the Invantive SQL grammar.

The configuration can be changed using various attributes during log on and use. A full list of configuration options is listed in the driver attributes.

The catalog name is used to compose the full qualified name of an object like a table or view. The schema name is used to compose the full qualified name of an object like a table or view. On Roller the comparison of two texts is case sensitive by default.

Changes and bug fixes on the Roller SQL driver can be found in the release notes. Get access to the Roller community through the Roller section of the Invantive forums.

Driver code for use in settings.xml: Roller

Alias: roller

Recommended alias: rlr

More technical documentation as provided by the supplier of the Roller API on the native APIconnection used can be found at https://docs.roller.app/.

General documentation on Roller is available at https://roller.software

The Roller software for attractions requires additional purchase of API calls. The monthly allowance starts at 5.000 API calls per month. In general it is recommended to use the table functions with varying dates to load the data incrementally without using all API calls in a short time window.

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