【MCP Server】Cvent × 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 Cvent, configuring the connection to Cvent, 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 Cvent
2. Configure the connection to Cvent
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 Cvent.
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 Cvent.

Step 2: Configure the connection to Cvent

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. "cdatacvent") 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 Cvent

   Cvent への認証を行う前に、ワークスペースとOAuth アプリケーションを作成する必要があります。

   ワークスペースの作成

   ワークスペースを作成するには：

   1. Cvent にサインインし、App Switcher（ページ右上の青いボタン） -> Admin に移動します。
   2. Admin メニューから、Integrations -> REST API に移動します。
   3. Developer Management の新しいタブが立ち上がります。新しいタブでManage API Access をクリックします。
   4. Workspace を作成し、名前を付けます。開発者にアクセスさせたいスコープを選択します。スコープは、開発者がアクセスできるデータドメインを制御します。
      • All を選択すると、開発者は任意のスコープ、およびREST API にこれから追加されるスコープを選択できます。
      • Custom を選択すると、開発者がOAuth アプリで選択できるスコープを、選択したスコープに制限できます。CData 製品によって公開されるすべてのテーブルにアクセスするには、次のスコープを設定する必要があります。

        event/attendees:read	event/attendees:write	event/contacts:read
        event/contacts:write	event/custom-fields:read	event/custom-fields:write
        event/events:read	event/events:write	event/sessions:delete
        event/sessions:read	event/sessions:write	event/speakers:delete
        event/speakers:read	event/speakers:write	budget/budget-items:read
        budget/budget-items:write	exhibitor/exhibitors:read	exhibitor/exhibitors:write
        survey/surveys:read	survey/surveys:write

   OAuth アプリケーションの作成

   Workspace を設定して招待すると、開発者はサインアップしてカスタムOAuth アプリを作成できます。手順については、ヘルプドキュメントのカスタムOAuth アプリケーションの作成を参照してください。

   Cvent への接続

   OAuth アプリケーションを作成したら、次の接続プロパティを設定してCvent に接続します。

   • InitiateOAuth：GETANDREFRESH。OAuthAccessToken を自動的に取得およびリフレッシュするために使用します。
   • OAuthClientId：OAuth アプリケーションに関連付けられたClient ID。これは、Cvent Developer Portal のApplications page ページにあります。
   • OAuthClientSecret：OAuth アプリケーションに関連付けられたClient secret。これは、Cvent Developer Portal のApplications page ページにあります。

   Enter the appropriate connection properties in the configuration wizard.

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

   NOTE: The configuration wizard should open your browser and ask you to sign into Cvent. 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 Cvent のデータ

Now that we have installed the CData MCP Server and configured a connection, we are ready to start with Cvent 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 Cvent 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 Cvent 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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