Kyvos ODBC driver

Applies to: Kyvos Enterprise  Kyvos Cloud (SaaS on AWS) Kyvos AWS Marketplace

Kyvos Azure Marketplace   Kyvos GCP Marketplace Kyvos Single Node Installation (Kyvos SNI)

ODBC is one of the most established and widely supported APIs for connecting to and working with databases. The Kyvos ODBC Driver is used for Spark SQL access to the Kyvos BI Server, enabling business intelligence, analytics, and reporting.

The driver is currently available for Microsoft Windows® 64-bit platform. This Driver complies with the ODBC 3.80 data standard.

Click here to download the Kyvos ODBC driver.

Features

The Kyvos ODBC driver comes with the following features.

• Catalog and schema support: The Kyvos ODBC Driver supports both catalogs and schemas to make it easy for the driver to work with various ODBC applications.

• Security and authentication: Some Kyvos datastores require connections authentication with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol to protect data from unauthorized access. SSL encryption protects data and credentials when they are transferred over the network and provides stronger security. We recommended enabling SSL whenever you connect to a server that is configured to support it.
  For more information, refer to the Configuring SSL Verification on Windows section below.

Supported data types

The Kyvos ODBC Driver supports various standard data formats, converting between Spark data types and SQL data types.

The following table lists the supported data type mappings.

Prerequisites

Each computer on which you install the driver must meet the following minimum system requirements:

• One of the following operating systems:

  • Windows 8.1 or Windows 10

  • Windows Server 2012 and 2016

• Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 installed (with the same bitness as the driver that you are installing)

• Available disk space: 100 MB

• To install the driver, you must have Administrator privileges on the computer.

Installing and configuring Kyvos ODBC Driver on Windows

To install the Kyvos ODBC Driver on Windows:

1. Double-click the Kyvos ODBC Installer executable file to start the installation.

2. If prompted, enter Administrator credentials and click OK.

3. Click Next.

4. Read License Agreement and click Yes if you agree to the terms; to continue with the installation. Else, click No to exit.

5. Enter Username and Company Name in the corresponding fields and click Next.

6. Choose the Setup Type. We recommend selecting the Complete

7. If you have selected the Custom setup type, you can change the installation location, click Change to choose the folder on your computer, and then click OK. To accept the installation location, click Next.

8. Click Install.

9. When the installation completes, click Finish.

Verifying driver installation on Windows

You can find the details of the Kyvos ODBC Driver installed on your Windows computer in the ODBC Data Source Administrator.

1. Open the ODBC Administrator:

2. For Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, type ODBC Administrator in the Start menu and click on ODBC Data Source Administrator (64-bit) to open.

3. Click the Drivers tab and verify that Kyvos ODBC Driver is available in the list of ODBC drivers installed on your system. The version number is displayed in the Version column corresponding to Kyvos ODBC Driver.

Creating a data source name (DSN) on Windows

After installing Kyvos ODBC Driver, a default System DSN is created with the name Kyvos ODBC for Kyvos ODBC Driver. You can use this default System DSN to connect to Kyvos BI Server from your favorite BI Tool. However, if you wish to create some other DSN, you can do so using the following steps.

1. Open the ODBC Administrator.

   1. For Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, type ODBC Administrator in the Start menu and click on ODBC Data Source Administrator (64-bit) to open.

2. Choose one:

   1. To create a DSN that only the user currently logged into Windows can use, click the User DSN

   2. Or, to create a DSN that all users who log in to Windows can use, click the System DSN However, you need Administrator credentials to Add/Modify System DSN.

4. Click Add.

5. In the Create New Data Source dialog box, select Kyvos ODBC Driver, and click Finish. This displays the Kyvos ODBC Driver DSN Setup dialog box.

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6. Enter details as:

   1. In the Data Source field, enter a name for your data source.

   2. In the Host field, enter the IP address or hostname of the Kyvos Web App Server.

   3. In the Port field, enter the TCP port number that Kyvos Web App Server uses to listen for client connections.

   4. In the HTTP Path field, enter the web application path in the <webapp name>/sql format. For example, if the application name is kyvos, enter kyvos/sql.

   5. In the User Name field, enter your Kyvos Web App Server user name.

   6. In the Password field, enter your Kyvos Web App Server password. Optionally, choose to save the password in an encrypted form using the corresponding checkbox. 

7. To configure client-server verification over SSL, select the Use SSL checkbox in the Advance Options For more information, see the Configuring SSL Verification on Windows section below.

8. To configure logging behavior for the driver, click Advance Options. For more information, refer to the Configuring Logging Options on Windows section below.

9. To test the connection, click the Test Enter your password in the displayed filed, and click Test. If the connection fails, then recheck settings. Contact your Kyvos BI Server administrator if needed. Review results, if required, and then click OK.

10. To save your settings and close the Kyvos ODBC Driver DSN Setup dialog box, click OK.

11. To close the ODBC Data Source Administrator, click OK.

Configuring SSL verification on Windows

You can configure the driver to connect to a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) enabled Kyvos BI Server. When using SSL to connect to a server, the driver supports identity verification between the client and the server.

To configure SSL verification on Windows:

1. To access SSL options for a DSN, open the ODBC Data Source Administrator, where you created the DSN. Select the DSN and click Configure.

2. On the Kyvos ODBC Driver DSN Setup dialog box, select the Use SSL checkbox in the Advance Options

3. To specify the CA certificates that you want to use to verify the server, do one of the following:

   1. To configure the driver to load certificates from a specific PEM file, specify the full path to the file in the Trusted Certificate Path.

   2. To use the Windows Trust Store, select the Use System Trust Store checkbox.
      
      

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Configuring logging options on Windows

To help troubleshoot issues, you can configure logging settings for the driver. In addition to the functionality provided in the Kyvos ODBC Driver, the ODBC Data Source Administrator provides tracing functionality.

To configure driver logging on Windows:

1. To access logging options, open the ODBC Data Source Administrator where you created the DSN, then select the DSN, click Configure.

2. On the Kyvos ODBC Driver DSN Setup dialog box, click the Advance Options tab.

3. From the Log Level drop-down list, select the logging level corresponding to the amount of information that you want to include in log files.

4. This table enlists the information corresponding to each log level.

5. In the Log Path field, specify the full path to the folder where you want to save log files.

6. In the Max Number Files field, type the maximum number of log files to keep.

8. In the Max File Size field, type the maximum size of each log file in megabytes (MB).

10. Click OK.

11. Restart your BI application for new settings to come in effect. The Kyvos ODBC Driver creates a log file named log at the location specified in the Log Path field.

Creating a data source name (DSN) on Mac OS

After installing the Kyvos ODBC driver, create a System DSN named KyvosDSN, as explained below.
You can create the DSN from the odbc.ini file or using the iODBC Administrator

Using odbc.ini file

Navigate to /Library/ODBC folder, and edit the odbc.ini file as:

Using iODBC Administrator
Enter details as mentioned above, and create the DSN as shown in the following figure.