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Connecting to database with ODBC

Configuring the ODBC Driver

First, download and install the ODBC Driver for your database.

Then, create a User or System DSN (data source name).

To do this, open Control Panel, access Administrative Tools, then open either ODBC Data Sources (64-bit) or ODBC Data Sources (32-bit).

Click the User or System DSN tab, then click add.

Connection with ODBC

Select a driver and configure DSN.

Connection with ODBC

Connect to database with ODBC

Create new documentation by clicking Add documentation and choosing Database connection.

Connection with ODBC

In the DBMS field, select Other (ODBC connection).

Connection with ODBC

Select and choose the DSN you created and click connect.

Connection with ODBC

Importing schema

If the connection is successful, Dataedo will show a list of objects from the database. You can choose which objects to import.

Confirm the selection by clicking Next.

You can now change the name of your documentation.

Click Import to start the import, and when it ends, close the window with the Finish button.

Your database schema has been imported to new documentation in the repository.

List of ODBC Drivers

We have tested and successfully connected to and imported metadata from databases with the ODBC drivers listed below. It is highly likely it will work with other drivers as well.

Amazon Athena

Supported schema elements and metadata

Download Simba ODBC driver

ODBC configuration

ODBC version: Simba 1.0.3.1004 64 bit

Apache Cassandra

Supported schema elements and metadata

Download DataStax ODBC driver

ODBC configuration

ODBC version: DataStax ODBC 2.5 64-bit

Apache Hive

Supported schema elements and metadata

Download Hive ODBC driver

ODBC configuration

ODBC version: 2.6.1 (64 bit)

Apache Impala

Supported schema elements and metadata

Download Impala ODBC driver

ODBC configuration

ODBC version: 2.6.4 (64 bit)

Google BigQuery

Supported schema elements and metadata

Download ODBC driver

ODBC configuration

ODBC version: 2.1.20.1025 64 bit

IBM Db2 for iSeries (Db2 for IBM i)

Supported schema elements and metadata

Download IBM Db2 ODBC driver

ODBC configuration

ODBC version: 11.01.2021.1452

Microsoft Access

Supported schema elements and metadata

ODBC configuration

ODBC version: Microsoft Access Driver 64 bit

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Supported schema elements and metadata

Download ODBC driver

ODBC configuration

ODBC version: Devart for Dynamics CRM 1.6.11 64 bit

Microsoft Dynamics 365 version: 9.1

SAP ASE (Sybase)

Supported schema elements and metadata

Download Devart for ASE ODBC driver

ODBC configuration

ODBC version: 1.4.8 64-bit

SAP ASE (Sybase) version: 16.0

SAP Hana

Supported schema elements and metadata

The driver is installed as part of the SAP HANA client installation.

Download HDBODBC driver

ODBC configuration

ODBC version: HDBODBC 2.3.106 64 bit

SAP Hana version: 2.0 SPS03

SAP IQ

Supported schema elements and metadata

The driver is installed as part of the SAP IQ client installation.

Download ODBC driver

ODBC configuration

SAP IQ ODBC version: SYBASE IQ 17.00.09.1031 64 bit

SAP IQ version: 16.1

Salesforce

Supported schema elements and metadata

Download Devart for Salesforce ODBC driver

ODBC configuration

ODBC version: 1.7.16 64-bit

Salesforce version: Professional Edition

SQLite

Supported schema elements and metadata

Download SQLlite ODBC driver

ODBC configuration

ODBC version: 64 bit

SQLite version: 3.26.0

Teradata

Supported schema elements and metadata

Download Teradata ODBC driver

ODBC configuration

ODBC version: 16.20 64-bit

Teradata version: 16.20

Vertica

Supported schema elements and metadata

Download Vertica ODBC driver

ODBC configuration

ODBC version: 9.2.x 64-bit

Vertica version: 9.0.1-5