Smartsheet ODBC Driver for Targit Connection

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

Smartsheet Key Features

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

Targit Key Features

  • User-Friendly Interface
  • Integrated Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics
  • Customizable dashboards and reports
  • Integration with other tools
Native Connectivity to Smartsheet

Direct Connection

Our data connector enables various ODBC-aware applications to establish a direct connection to Smartsheet via TCP/IP to eliminate the need for a Smartsheet client. A direct connection increases the speed of data transmission between Targit and Smartsheet 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 Smartsheet.

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

Integration

Integration

ODBC Driver for Smartsheet is compatible with Targit allowing extraction of data by executing SQL statements.

Platforms Variety

Platforms Variety

ODBC Driver for Smartsheet 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 Smartsheet 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 Smartsheet?

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 TARGIT to Smartsheet data source and access data in 3 steps

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

01. In TARGIT Management, select the server and click Manage Server. Under Connections, right-click in the right-hand pane and click Add. Go to Relational Database > Generic, name the connection (optional), click Change connection string, and select the ODBC data source.

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

02. To verify the configured settings, navigate to the Connections section in the TARGIT Management interface. Here, you will see a list of available connections displayed in the right-side panel. Locate the connection you want to check, right-click it, and select Edit Data Model from the context menu.

Check the connection
Run a query against the data storage

03. Drag and drop the necessary schema from the Schema pane to the Global section. Once it's in place, click New Cube to create a data structure that will allow you to organize and analyze the information. After that, you can access the data from the table and save the data model.

Check data from the table

Advantages of Connectivity to Smartsheet from Targit via ODBC Driver

Secure Connection

Secure Connection

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

Working with Targit using Multiple Functions

Working with Targit using Multiple Functions

Using Targit, 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 Smartsheet from Targit on various platforms.

Simple SQL Querying on Targit Files

Simple SQL Querying on Targit Files

Targit 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, format 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 Targit

You can share your data with other users in Targit quickly and easily. Upload your Targit 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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