Basecamp

The Lyftron Provider for Basecamp offers the most natural way to access Basecamp data from Lyftron with ease and also enables to connect with BI, MDM & ML tools, Data warehouses, Databases and other SAAS based applications with zero code and zero infrastructure requirements. The provider wraps the complexity of accessing Basecamp data into easy-to-integrate relational fully managed ANSI Sql format. Make faster and better business decisions with Lyftron’s Basecamp data provider and automatically build your data migration pipelines in minutes, not months

The provider hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Delta load mechanism.
• Real-time access to Basecamp.
• Comprehensive full support of ANSI Sql to query data with ease.
• Collaborative query processing.

Prerequisites

The user must have credentials for Basecamp, Lyftron and your destination data warehouse, lake or database to perform the data pipeline operation with Lyftron

Establishing a Connection with Lyftron's Quickstart Steps

Create your Basecamp connection with Lyftron by following the 5 easy steps show below:

Step1. Add your connection

Click on Connect section on the left panel →  Click on Add Connection button

Step2. Select your connector

In the connector selection panel, search and click Basecamp for your connection 

Step3. Enter your connection details

In the Connection String section enter the values of the below parameters. The following connection string is required to establish Basecamp connection with Lyftron.

InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;AccountId=[your_id];Schema=V3;ProjectId=[your_projectId]

Key	Value	Field
Connection Name	Enter your connection details	Required
AccountId	GETANDREFRESH	Required
OAuthClientId	Your Basecamp OAuthClientId	Required
Schema	V3	Required
ProjectId	abcd1234	Required
Logfile**	Use the logfile option to debug your job and provide your connection name to generate the log file.  [ConnectionConfigurationPath]\Connection_name_log.tx	Optional
Verbosity**	Choose verbosity 1-5 based on the severity of debugging	Optional

** For more information, check the Lyftron logging and debugging section.

If you want more detailed information about how to establish a connection with Lyftron, click on Lyftron Connection Quick Start guide.

Step4. Test your connection

Once you are done entering your connection details, simply click on the Test Connection button to test the connectivity. In case your connection fails, add Logfile and Verbosity parameters and check the Lyftron logging and debugging section, to debug the error.

 Step5. Save your connection

Hurray! Now you have successfully connected with the Lyftron Basecamp connector and can utilize the connector to Extract, Warehouse, Analyze, Visualize and Share your data.

Data Model

The available entities, as well as any API limitations and requirements for querying these entities, are documented in Basecamp 2 Data Model and Basecamp 3 Data Model. You can use the SupportEnhancedSQL feature, set by default, to circumvent most of these limitations.

Overview

The Data Models illustrate an example of what your Basecamp environment might look like. The actual data model will be obtained dynamically based on your Basecamp account.

Key Features

• Tables and Views are dynamically defined to model calendars, documents, and projects on Basecamp.
• Stored procedures allow you to execute operations to Basecamp, including downloading and uploading objects.
• Live connectivity to these objects means any changes to your Basecamp account are immediately reflected when using the provider.

Basecamp 2 Data Model

Basecamp 2 Data Model describes the schemas available to connect to Basecamp 2 accounts. You can use tables to work with live Basecamp data. 

Name	Type	Description
Accesses	Tables	Retrieve, grant, and deny access permissions to Projects and Calendars on Basecamp.
CalendarEvents	Tables	Retrieve, create, update, and delete Calendar Events on Basecamp.
Calendars	Tables	Retrieve, create, update, and delete Calendars on Basecamp.
Documents	Tables	Retrieve, create, update, and delete Documents on Basecamp.
People	Tables	Retrieve and delete People on Basecamp.
Projects	Tables	Retrieve, create, update, and delete Projects on Basecamp.
Attachments	Views	Retrieve Attachments on Basecamp.
Comments	Views	Retrieve, create, update, and delete Calendars on Basecamp.
Events	Views	Retrieve activity Events on Basecamp.
Forwards	Views	Retrieve Forwards on Basecamp.
ToDoLists	Views	Retrieve ToDoLists on Basecamp.
ToDos	Views	Retrieve ToDos on Basecamp.
Topics	Views	Retrieve Topics on Basecamp.

 

Basecamp 3 Data Model

Basecamp 3 Data Model describes the schemas available to connect to Basecamp 3 accounts. You can use tables to work with live Basecamp data. 

Name	Type	Description
CalendarEvents	Tables	Retrieve calendar events on Basecamp 3.
Comments	Tables	Retrieve comments on a Basecamp 3 recording.
Documents	Tables	Retrieve, create, update, and delete Documents on Basecamp 3.
Messages	Tables	Retrieve messages on Basecamp 3.
Projects	Tables	Retrieve, create, update, and delete Projects on Basecamp 3.
ToDoLists	Tables	Retrieve ToDoLists on Basecamp 3.
ToDos	Tables	Retrieve ToDos on Basecamp 3.
Vaults	Tables	Retrieve Vaults(folders) on Basecamp 3 folders.
Assignments	Views	Retrieve Assignments on Basecamp 3.
Calendars	Views	Retrieve calendars on Basecamp 3.
Events	Views	Retrieve activity Events on Basecamp 3.
People	Views	Retrieve People on Basecamp 3.
Recordings	Views	Retrieve recordings on Basecamp 3 folders.
Uploads	Views	Retrieve Uploads on Basecamp 3.