Connecting to DnB for Sales

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_sales_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:

    • client_id
    • client_secret

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