【MCP Server】Certinia × Claude Desktop 連携ガイド | AI でデータを徹底活用

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an emerging, open-source standard for connecting LLMs with external services and data sources. Through MCP Servers, AI clients can perform actions like opening Jira tickets, posting Slack messages, committing GitHub branches and more. With CData MCP Servers, these capabilities expand exponentially.

In this article, we guide the reader through installing the CData MCP Server for Certinia, configuring the connection to Certinia, and asking questions of the data in Claude Desktop.

Prerequisites

You need to download Claude Desktop (download) and create an account before continuing.

Overview

Here's a quick overview of the steps:

1. Download and install the CData MCP Server for Certinia
2. Configure the connection to Certinia
3. Ask questions about the data in Claude Desktop

Step 1: Download and install the CData MCP Server

1. To begin, navigate to https://www.cdata.com/solutions/mcp/connectors and download the CData MCP Server for Certinia.
2. Find and double-click the installer to begin the installation.
3. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.

When the installation is complete, you are ready to configure your MCP Server by connecting to Certinia.

Step 2: Configure the connection to Certinia

1. After installation, the CData MCP Server configuration wizard should open automatically.

   NOTE: If the wizard does not open automatically, search for "CData MCP Server" in the Windows search bar and double-click the application.

2. Click the dropdown menu in MCP Configuration > Configuration Name and select ""
3. Name the configuration (e.g. "cdatacertinia") and click "OK."

   NOTE: This name is used as the name for the MCP server and as the prefix for all of the MCP Server's tools.

   

4. Connecting to Certinia

   Certinia 接続プロパティの取得・設定方法

   デフォルトでは、CData 製品は本番環境に接続します。サンドボックスアカウントを使用するには、UseSandbox をtrue に設定します。User にサンドボックスのユーザー名を指定してください。

   Certinia への認証

   Certinia への接続に使用できる認証方法は以下のとおりです。

   • ログイン認証
   • SSO
   • OAuth

   ログインおよびトークン

   User およびPassword をログインクレデンシャルに設定します。さらにSecurityToken を設定します。SecurityToken については、信頼できるIP アドレスに利用中のIP を追加することで指定する必要がなくなります。

   セキュリティトークンを無効にするには、以下の手順を実行してください。

   1. Certinia にログインして、「設定」セクションの「Quick Find」ボックスに「Network Access」と入力します。
   2. 使用しているIP アドレスを信頼できるIP アドレスのリストに追加します。

   セキュリティトークンの取得には、以下を実行してください。

   1. Certinia の個人情報設定用ページを開きます。
   2. セキュリティトークンリセット用のリンクをクリックすると、トークンが指定したメールアドレスに送信されます。
   3. 取得したセキュリティトークンを、SecurityToken 接続プロパティに指定するか、Password に追加してください。

   OAuth

   すべてのOAuth フローで、AuthScheme をOAuth に設定する必要があります。詳しい設定方法については、ヘルプドキュメントの「OAuth」セクションを参照してください。

   Enter the appropriate connection properties in the configuration wizard.

   
5. Click "Connect" to authenticate with Certinia through OAuth.

   NOTE: The configuration wizard should open your browser and ask you to sign into Certinia. If your browser does not open, close the configuration wizard and re-open the application using "Run as Administrator" (see below).

   
6. Finally, click "Save Configuration" to save the MCP server.

   NOTE: This saves the configuration details to a separate file and updates the Claude Desktop configuration file (claude_desktop_config.json) to start the CData MCP Server when the Claude Desktop client starts.

With the CData MCP Server configured, you are ready to start asking questions of your live data from Claude.

Step 3: Ask AI for answers from live Certinia のデータ

Now that we have installed the CData MCP Server and configured a connection, we are ready to start with Certinia のデータ in Claude Desktop.

1. Open Claude Desktop. It may take a moment for the MCP Servers to start, but you will see the list of servers and tools available in the Claude interface (look for the settings icon below the prompt bar).

   You can individually enable and disable specific tools by clicking on the server name.

2. Now that you have connected, you can ask Claude questions about the Certinia のデータ. For example: "Can you give me a quantitative analysis about my closed-won opportunities by industry?"

   NOTE: Claude may need to explore the Certinia のデータ to make sense of it before it can begin answering questions of the data. The tabular model presented by CData alongside the database tools available simplify the data exploration and analysis for an LLM.

   

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