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ETL+ for ODBC (DSN)

Installation Checklist

ETL+ Connection to ODBC

  • ODBC driver to use in ETL+:

    • Have your source system’s ODBC driver on the same Windows computer where ETL+ is ( or is going to be installed).

    • Create or use an ODBC System DSN (instead of User DSN) to your source system

    • The ODBC driver must have the same 32/64bit build as ETL+

    • Click here for Microsoft ODBC documentation.

    • To retain OAuth credentials: Look for your ODBC documentation/configuration on how to retain the OAuth credentials. Ex.: Enter the following in CData’s ODBCs → Advanced/Misc/Other: oauthsettingslocation=C:\Users\Public\oauthsettings.txt

  • If you haven’t installed ETL+ yet: ETL+ Deployment Instructions.

  • Login to ETL+ (help here).

  • Adding a new ODBC source to ETL+: On ETL page’s left panel, click Add Source -> ODBC.

  • Maintaining an ODBC source on ETL+: On ETL page’s left panel, right-click the ODBC source → Properties.

  • On the ODBC Data Sources page, select the correct ODBC Name from the list.

    • Can’t find your ODBC? Be sure ETL+ and the ODBC have the same 32/64bit build.

    • ODBC requiring credentials: double-click the ODBC nameenter credentialsConnect.

    • You might leave the Alias as is, or customize it.

      Example of an ODBC configuration

    • Click Connect.

  • You’ll get back to the ETL page and see tables under the new ODBC source on the left panel.

Mapping and Loading Tables

  • To view tables available from your ODBC source on the left panel, right-click the ODBC source → Refresh.

  • To map an ODBC table to your data warehouse (ETL Objects), double-click its name on the left panel, or right-click on it → Add Table.

    • You’ll now see the table added/mapped to the center panel (ETL Objects).

  • To preview its data, right-click the table on the center panel → Preview.

  • To load its data to the data warehouse, right-click the table on the center panel → Load Now.

  • You might use the right panel (ETL SQL Statement) to customize the SQL statement. In that case, you must use the ODBC driver’s SQL syntax.

  • Click the Log icon (top right) to view data load results. Log page help here.

Schedule the Data Load

  • On the ETL main page, click Job (top right icon on the center panel).

  • Select a Job or create a new one to load your ODBC source data on a schedule (help here) → on the right panel, be sure the ODBC source tables to load have their boxes checked and in the desired load order.

  • To load them now, click the Run Job Now (play icon) on the left panel for the desired Job.

  • To schedule the data load:

    • Click WTS Settings -> enter the WTS parameters → Apply.

    • This step might require you to run ETL+ app as “Run as administrator” in Windows.

  • Click Close -> Close.

Testing

After ETL+ has loaded your ODBC source tables, this is to check if the data extraction process finished successfully and row count per extracted table matches with your ODBC source tables.

Steps

  • Login to ETL+ (help here).

  • On the ETL main page, click the top-right Log icon. Log page help here.

  • Scroll down on the log page and double-check that no table load failed, and that the row count matches with the source ODBC tables. Following is an example highlighting two tables from a sample ODBC database and their loaded row count.

    Example of log from an ODBC source

Related Pages

DSN Related Pages by Source System

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