OANDA
The OANDA connector Service used to define a connection required for associated actions and start events. Examples include Salesforce and Box. Method of integration to cloud services, business applications and content stores. is used to create connections for theOANDA action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows.. Use the OANDA action to get the exchange rate between two currencies. This connector uses Version 2 of the OANDA Exchange Rates API.
Create a OANDA connection
You can create connections from the Automate or Designer page.
Note: Your browser-stored credentials are accessed to create connections. Either clear credentials from browser memory or make sure the stored credentials are for the intended environment.

- The account you use to create a connection for OANDA is the account that has access to the OANDA actions.
- You need an OANDA API Key. Go to OANDA Getting Started to sign up and get your API key.

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On the top navigation bar, click Automate, and then select Connections from the left navigation.
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On the Connections page, click Add new.
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In the Add a new connection section that opens, fill in the following.
In this field
Select or enter the following
Connector OANDA -
Click Connect.
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In the Configure a connection window, fill in the fields as follows.
In this field
Select or enter the following
Connection name A name for your new connection API Key Your OANDA API Key. For more information see OANDA Getting Started. -
Click Connect.
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Follow the prompts to enter credentials and grant access to Nintex Workflow Cloud.
- In the permissions dialog, you can do one of the following:
- Edit the Owners or Users permissions according to data source usage requirements and click Save permissions.
Tip: You can assign connection owners or users permissions according to your access requirements. For more information, see Permissions.
Your new connection appears on the Connections page.

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Access the Designer page
- On the top navigation bar, click Automate > Workflows, and then select the required workflow.
(Or)
- On the top navigation bar, click Automate > Create workflow.
- Click the OANDA action you want to add the connection to, or drag a OANDA action into the workflow and select it.
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In the drop-down list for Connection, select Add new connection.
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In the Connection window, fill in the fields as follows.
In this field
Select or enter the following
Connection name A name for your new connection API Key Your OANDA API Key. For more information see OANDA Getting Started. -
Click Connect.
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Follow the prompts to enter credentials and grant access to Nintex Workflow Cloud.
- In the permissions dialog, you can do one of the following:
- Edit the Owners or Users permissions according to data source usage requirements and click Save permissions.
Tip: You can assign connection owners or users permissions according to your access requirements. For more information, see Permissions.
Your new connection appears in the Connection field of your action.
Permissions
Permissions enable you to manage access for other users to use, edit, and delete connections.
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Note: By default, users with administrator role will have the same rights as a Connection owner.

Follow these steps to assign permissions from the Connections page:
- On the Connections page, click
for the required connection.
- From the menu, select Permissions.
- To assign permissions:
- In the Owners field, type the name of the user, and select from the list.
- In the Users field, type the name of the user, and select from the list.
The corresponding permissions window is displayed.
- Click Save permissions.