EmailOctopus ODBC Driver for Tableau Connection

Accessing the EmailOctopus database can be fast and seamless by using the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) solution. Providing full interoperability, the ODBC driver for EmailOctopus allows you to access live EmailOctopus data directly from Tableau. It enables you to retrieve data to Tableau, and review and modify these data right in this application.

EmailOctopus Key Features

  • Customization and flexibility
  • Forecasting and analytics
  • Files sync and share
  • Sales automation

Tableau Key Features

  • Interactive data visualization
  • Advanced analytics
  • Data blending and integration
  • Collaboration and sharing
Native Connectivity to EmailOctopus

Direct Connection

Our data connector enables various ODBC-aware applications to establish a direct connection to EmailOctopus via TCP/IP to eliminate the need for a EmailOctopus client. A direct connection increases the speed of data transmission between Tableau and EmailOctopus for real-time analytics. It streamlines the deployment process since there is no need to distribute any additional client-side software with the ODBC driver for EmailOctopus.

What are some reasons to choose Devart ODBC Driver for EmailOctopus?

Integration

Integration

ODBC Driver for EmailOctopus is compatible with Tableau allowing extraction of data by executing SQL statements.

Platforms Variety

Platforms Variety

ODBC Driver for EmailOctopus can be used with 32-bit and 64-bit applications on both x32 and x64 platforms, so there is no need to additionally configure the driver, applications, or environment.

Fully Unicode-Compliant Driver

Fully Unicode-Compliant Driver

With our fully Unicode-compliant driver, you can properly retrieve and modify any data in multilingual EmailOctopus databases, regardless of their character set: Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Chinese, etc., and in any language environment.

How to download, install, and configure ODBC Driver for EmailOctopus?

Download the driver. Run the installer and follow the instructions in the wizard. Open ODBC Data Sources. In the System DSN tab, click Add. Select the needed driver and click Finish.
In the License tab of the Configuration dialog, click Input Activation Key and enter your key. Click OK.
In the General tab of the Configuration dialog, fill in the fields with the database connection data. To test the connectivity, click Test Connection. To save the DSN, click OK.
Tools

How to connect Tableau to EmailOctopus data source and access data in 3 steps

Install the driver and configure an ODBC data source in the driver settings

01. Install the driver and configure an ODBC data source. Start Tableau and select More... > Other Databases (ODBC).

Install the ODBC driver for Tableau
Start SQL Server Management Studio and create a linked server

02. Expand the DSN drop-down list and select the previosuly configured DSN. Click Connect, then click Sign in.

Choose ODBC DSN in Tableau
Run a query against the data storage

03. Select the database and schema. Drag-and-drop the needed table to the Drag tables here area. Click Update Now.

Retrieve ODBC database to Tableau

Advantages of Connectivity to EmailOctopus from Tableau via ODBC Driver

Secure Connection

Secure Connection

Every operation with EmailOctopus becomes significantly faster using such capabilities of our driver as local data caching, connection pooling, and much more.

Working with Tableau using Multiple Functions

Working with Tableau using Multiple Functions

Using Tableau, you can create tables, add data, select, delete, sort, edit, combine data from several database tables, and find unique values quickly and easily.

ODBC Conformance

ODBC Conformance

The driver fully supports the ODBC interface, its data types, and functions. It offers advanced connection string parameters and allows any ODBC-compliant desktop or web application to connect to EmailOctopus from Tableau on various platforms.

Simple SQL Querying on Tableau Files

Simple SQL Querying on Tableau Files

Tableau processes SQL through its SQL dialect. Using ODBC connection, it is simple to execute different SQL queries to retrieve entire tables or specific columns from Excel, filter data, formate data, numbers, etc.

Cost-Effective Deployment

Cost-Effective Deployment

Installing the driver is easy with the standalone installation file. There is no need in deploying and configuring any additional software which results in a reduction in deployment costs.

Sharing Your Data with Excel

Sharing Your Data with Tableau

You can share your data with other users in Tableau quickly and easily. Upload your Tableau data to the SharePoint lists so that it can be available for you and others to use to create reports, data models, dashboards, etc.

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