Create ODBC Connection in Qlik Sense Desktop with Devart ODBC Drivers

Qlik Sense Desktop is a business intelligence (BI) and data analytics platform. It's known for its intuitive interface and powerful analytics engine. The platform enables users to visualize and explore data and generate insights without extensive technical expertise. Qlik Sense Desktop stands out for its associative analytics engine, which allows exploring data in a non-linear way and uncovering connections across datasets that traditional tools might overlook.

Key Features

Direct mode

Connect to traditional databases and cloud-based services from Qlik Sense Desktop using our ODBC Driver. No need to use client software to establish Qlik Sense Desktop ODBC connection and fetch your sales figures table from databases such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or cloud services such as Salesforce, QuickBooks, or Zoho CRM.

SQL data type mapping

Get full support and mapping of data source-specific SQL data types to the standard ODBC data types. Access diverse data stores from Qlik Sense Desktop through a unified interface with exceptional speed. Create custom mappings between the data source fields and ODBC data types.

ODBC Driver features for Qlik Sense Desktop

Secure connection

Devart ODBC Drivers use SSL / SSH and HTTPS tunneling to protect user data as it flows between a remote server and Qlik Sense Desktop over the Internet. Tunneling allows you to send communications securely between machines.

ANSI SQL-92 standard support for cloud services

Devart ODBC Drivers address one of the major challenges of retrieving data from email marketing, CRM, accounting and other cloud applications into Qlik Sense Desktop: their lack of adequate API support for SQL-92 standard SQL commands. Our Drivers are designed to get the most out of the API of a cloud-based service.

How to connect Qlik Sense Desktop to ODBC data source and access data in 3 steps

01. In Qlik Sense Desktop, navigate to Create new App > Add Data from Files and other sources.

02. Select ODBC from the list, choose the previously created DSN in the new window, and click Create.

03. Select the table you plan to work with from the available list and click Data Preview to review its contents.

Why pick Devart ODBC Drivers for importing data to Qlik Sense Desktop?

Fully Unicode-compliant ODBC Drivers

Unicode is the universal standard for encoding characters in most languages. Our ODBC Drivers provide a Unicode-compliant way to work with strings and characters in databases: they are capable of mapping Unicode function calls and string data types to ANSI encoding.

All major versions of data stores are supported

Our ODBC Drivers can be used to interact and perform SQL CRUD operations on popular traditional databases and cloud services from Qlik Sense Desktop, such as MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Salesforce, or Mailchimp.

Regular feature update rollouts and timely bug fixes

Regular feature updates and timely bug fixes

We frequently release new versions of ODBC Drivers with new capabilities or enhancements for already existing features. Changes and new features are added to the roadmap based on customer feedback. Bug fixes and minor improvements are released as nightly builds to resolve issues in a timely fashion.

Strict compliance with Microsoft ODBC 3.52 Specification

Our ODBC Drivers provide full support for the standard Open Database Connectivity API functions and data types. ODBC interface allows Qlik Sense Desktop to connect to ODBC databases using the SQL language. Additionally, we have designed Advanced Connection String parameters that implement different types of behavior.

Exceptional SQL query performance and bulk updates

Our ODBC Drivers allow you to perform bulk record update in Qlik Sense Desktop in a single update statement while maintaining decent update speed. When you need to update a table with a million records, you can use a single update operation which significantly reduces execution time compared to row-by-row operations.

Team of expert support engineers and community of developers

Contact our friendly, knowledgeable support team for assistance if you have any questions about using our ODBC Drivers with Qlik Sense Desktop or join our forum to discuss anything related to the database application development with other professional developers.