Connecting to DnB

Dun & Bradstreet (DnB) provides business intelligence products to clients through its database and analytics software.

To use external applications with IBM watsonx Orchestrate, you must establish a connection that enables communication between them. See Managing connections for more details.

Connecting to DnB using the watsonx Orchestrate user interface

To connect watsonx Orchestrate to DnB:

  1. From the main menu, select Manage > Connections.

  2. Search for DnB.

  3. Find the connection ID with the following structure: dnb_key_value_ibm_184bdbd3.

  4. For the matched connection ID, click edit Edit icon.

  5. Choose the environment to create the connection: draft or live.

  6. Select the Authentication Type as Key Value Pair.

  7. Provide the following Keys, click Add new field to add additional key-value pairs:

    • base_url
    • token_url

    For all Value fields insert the value corresponding to the key. To get these values, see DnB Authentication API documentation.

  8. Select the credential type.

  9. Click Save.

Note: The icon A green check icon appears. indicates that the connection was successfully established.