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Configuring the Adapter for Snowflake Cloud Data Warehouse (ODBC)

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Configuring the adapter consists of specifying connection and authentication information for each of the connections you want to establish.

Procedure: How to Configure the Snowflake Cloud Data Warehouse Adapter (ODBC)

You can configure the adapter from either the Web Console or the Data Management Console.

  1. From the Web Console sidebar, click Connect to Data.

    or

    From the Data Management Console, expand the Adapters folder.

    In the DMC, the Adapters folder opens. In the Web Console, the Adapters page opens showing your configured adapters.

  2. In the Web Console, click the New Datasource button on the menu bar and find the adapter on the page or, in the DMC, expand the Available folder if it is not already expanded.
    On the Web Console, you can select a category of adapter from the drop-down list or use the search option (magnifying glass) to search for specific characters.
  3. In the DMC, expand the appropriate group folder and the specific adapter folder. The group folder is described in the connection attributes reference.
  4. Right-click the adapter name and/or version and select Configure.

    The Add Adapter to Configuration pane opens.

  5. Enter values for the parameters required by the adapter, as described in the chapter for the specific adapter you want to configure.
  6. Click Configure. The configured adapter is added to the Adapters list in the DMC resources tree or the Configured list in the Web Console.
    In the Web Console, the adapter remains on the Available Adapters list with an asterisk to indicate that at least one connection has been configured. You can configure additional connections from either the Configured or Available list by right-clicking the adapter and clicking Add Connection.

Reference: Snowflake Cloud Data Warehouse Adapter Configuration Settings (ODBC)

The Adapter for Snowflake Cloud Data Warehouse is under the SQL group folder.

Connection name

Logical name used to identify this particular set of connection attributes. The default is CON01.

DSN-less

A DSN-less connection is an alternative method for connecting to Snowflake Cloud Data Warehouse. When this parameter is selected, the adapter is configured by entering values for the Snowflake server, warehouse, default database, and default schema instead of a Data Source Name (DSN).

Server

Specifies the full domain name for your account (provided by Snowflake). For example:

ar59294.us-east-1.snowflakecomputing.com
Warehouse

Specifies the default warehouse to use for a session initiated by the driver. For example:

QAWH
Default Database

Specifies the default database to use for a session initiated by the driver. For example:

QATST
Default Schema

Specifies the default schema to use for a session initiated by the driver. For example:

R729999D
DSN

Is a valid Snowflake Data Source Name (DSN). There is no default DSN, you must enter a value. The DSN name should match the User, System, or File DSN configured in the ODBC Administrator on Windows, or the DSN entry in the $HOME/.odbc.ini file on Linux.

Security

There are three methods by which a user can be authenticated when connecting to a database server:

  • Explicit. The user ID and password are explicitly specified for each connection and passed to the database, at connection time, for authentication.
  • Password Passthru. The user ID and password received from the client application are passed to the database, at connection time, for authentication.
  • Trusted. The adapter connects to the database using the database rules for an impersonated process that are relevant to the current operating system.
User

Primary authorization ID by which you are known to the data source.

Password

Password associated with the primary authorization ID.

Additional connection string keywords (optional)

Is used to add options to the connection string. For example, the tracing=0 parameter is required when no Snowflake ODBC traces are needed.

Select profile

Select a profile from the drop-down menu to indicate the level of profile in which to store the CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES command. The global profile, edasprof.prf, is the default.

If you wish to create a new profile, either a user profile (user.prf) or a group profile if available on your platform (using the appropriate naming convention), choose New Profile from the drop-down menu and enter a name in the Profile Name field (the extension is added automatically).

Store the connection attributes in the server profile (edasprof).

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