Google Sheets ODBC Driver
 
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Google Sheets ODBC Driver

Read, write, and update Google Sheets through ODBC

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The Google Sheets ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from live Google Spreadsheets, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity. Read, write, and update online sheets through a standard ODBC interface.

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Google Sheets ODBC Connectivity Features

  • Access Google Spreadsheet data as an entire worksheet or from discrete ranges of data within a worksheet
  • Represent discrete blocks of data as tables through automatic detection or by manually specifying ranges of data
  • Optionally specify if the first row of data should be used for field names
  • Read tables that are oriented horizontally or vertically
  • Powerful metadata querying enables SQL-like access to non-database sources
  • Push down query optimization pushes SQL operations down to the server whenever possible, increasing performance
  • Client-side query execution engine, supports SQL-92 operations that are not available server-side
  • Connect to live Google Sheets data, for real-time data access with the Google Sheets ODBC Driver
  • Full support for data aggregation and complex JOINs in SQL queries
  • Secure connectivity through modern cryptography, including TLS 1.2, SHA-256, ECC, etc.
  • Seamless integration with leading BI, reporting, and ETL tools and with custom applications via the Google Sheets Connector.

Target Service, API

CData Google Sheets ODBC driver allows you to access Google Sheets as tables. The driver leverages two drivers: the Google Drive API to enable bidirectional access to Google Sheets and the Google Sheets to retrieve the actual data.

Schema, Data Model

The driver models spreadsheets and ranges as relational tables. The driver enables you to represent a top-left-oriented spreadsheet or a user-specified range as a database table. You can control how tables are listed by setting the Header property.

Key Objects

User defined sheets are being exposed as tables.

Operations

The driver supports standard operations (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) and bulk operations (INSERT INTO SELECT, UPDATE SELECT, DELETE SELECT).

Authentication

CData provides an embedded OAuth application that simplifies authentication at the desktop. You can also authenticate from the desktop via a custom OAuth application, which you configure and register at the Google Sheets console.. Supported Authentication Schemes are; Token, OAuth, OAuthJWT, GCPInstanceAccount, AWSWorkloadIdentity

Specific feature or properties

You can also create, copy or delete sheets, or Up/Download Documents to Google Drive.

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Robust ODBC Access to Google Sheets

Full-featured and consistent SQL access to any supported data source through ODBC

  • Standards-Compliant ODBC

    ODBC 3.8 compliant native protocol based drivers.

  • Unicode, 32-bit and 64-bit support

    Support 32-bit and 64-bit applications and unicode ODBC APIs.

  • Cross-platform ODBC (Windows/Linux/Mac)

    Available for Microsoft Windows, Unix, and Mac (macOS / OS X) platforms.

  • Certified ODBC Compatibility*

    Our drivers undergo extensive testing and are certified to be compatible with leading analytics and reporting applications like Tableau, Microsoft Excel, and many more.

    * Please visit our knowledge base to access how-to articles.
  • Embedded Remoting Capabilities

    Our exclusive Remoting feature allows hosting the ODBC connection on a server to enable connections from various clients on any platform (Java, .NET, C++, PHP, Python, etc.), using any standards based technology (ODBC, JDBC, etc.). ODBC Remoting is enabled using the popular MySQL and SQL (TDS) wire protocol server.

  • String, Date, Numeric SQL Functions

    The driver includes a library of 50 plus functions that can manipulate column values into the desired result. Popular examples include Regex, JSON, and XML processing functions.

  • Collaborative Query Processing

    Our drivers enhance the data source's capabilities by additional client-side processing, when needed, to enable analytic summaries of data such as SUM, AVG, MAX, MIN, etc.

  • Easily Customizable and Configurable

    The data model exposed by our ODBC Drivers can easily be customized to add or remove tables/columns, change data types, etc. without requiring a new build. These customizations are supported at runtime using human-readable schema files that are easy to edit.

  • Enterprise-class Secure Connectivity

    Includes standard Enterprise-class security features such as TLS/ SSL data encryption for all client-server communications.

  • Replication and Caching

    Our replication and caching commands make it easy to copy data to local and cloud data stores such as Oracle, SQL Server, Google Cloud SQL, etc. The replication commands include many features that allow for intelligent incremental updates to cached data.

See what you can do with Google Sheets ODBC Driver

Server
SQL
SQL Server Linked-Server

Connect to Google Sheets from SQL Server as Linked-Server. You can query Google Sheets from familiar Transact-SQL without need of setting up another application.

Informatica
Data Integration & ETL

Integrate Google Sheets to your system through popular ETL / EAI tools such as Informatica PowerCenter. Standard SQL and Stored Procedures enable fast delivery of your integration projects.

Reporting & BI
Reporting & BI

Connect Google Sheets from any ODBC compatible tools:

Desktop
MS Access / Excel / PowerQuery
MS Access / Excel / PowerQuery

Your familiar tools can connect to Google Sheets using CData ODBC.

Connect to Google Sheets — empower every team


Management & Data Consumer

  • Easiest way to connect to Google Sheets
  • Dashboard / Reports that connect with Google Sheets
  • Data drives business, but IT teams are overwhelmed by accessing numerous siloed sources like Google Sheets. CData ODBC Drivers offer the fastest, easiest way to connect Google Sheets to BI tools like SAP BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Qlik, or Access.

Integrate Google Sheets to your system:

  • Custom application integration with SQL
  • SQL Server Linked Server
  • Informatica PowerCenter

Need to integrate your internal systems with Google Sheets? CData ODBC Drivers let you do it easily—access Google Sheets as a SQL Server Linked Server or connect via tools like Informatica PowerCenter using an SQL-based driver, no extra middleware required.

  • Data Client of your choice
  • Excel, MS Access Linked-table, PowerQuery

Still exporting and importing CSVs manually or with scripts? CData ODBC Drivers give you live access to Google Sheets — no middleware or files needed. Use your preferred tools and stay in control of your Google Sheets data.

Management & Data Consumer
IT Department
IT Pro, Infrastructure

Frequently Asked Google Sheets ODBC Driver Questions

Learn more about Google Sheets ODBC drivers for data and analytics integration

Not natively. However, CData offers an ODBC driver for Google Sheets that allows you to connect to Google Sheets data from any ODBC-compliant application, just like you would access a traditional database. This can be useful for tasks like:

  • Accessing Google Sheets from applications: Connect to Google Sheets data in popular tools and applications including Microsoft Excel, Tableau, Power BI, and many others.
  • Real-time data: You can work with live Google Sheets data within these applications, enabling tasks like reporting and analysis.
  • Connecting systems: Build data integrations between Google Sheets and other systems.

The Google Sheets ODBC driver is an ODBC 3.8 compliant native protocol-based driver with comprehensive ANSI SQL-92 support. This means that virtually any application that can connect to data via ODBC, can use the CData ODBC driver for real-time integration. Download a fully functional free trial of the Google Sheets ODBC driver today to get started.

Yes, the CData ODBC driver for Google Sheets provides universal ODBC data connectivity for Google Sheets. The Google Sheets ODBC driver offers a simple SQL-based layer of abstraction that simplifies real-time data access for users and applications, enabling them to communicate with Google Sheets using a standardized set of functions. Virtually any application on any platform (including Windows, macOS, or *nix) can use the CData ODBC driver for real-time integration.

Connectivity to Google Sheets via ODBC is easy. First, download and install the Google Sheets ODBC driver. The download page includes separate installers for Windows, macOS, and Unix, so please select the Google Sheets ODBC driver that matches the platform where you intend to use the driver.

Once the installation is complete, navigate to the ODBC driver documentation page. Here, you'll find a wealth of information about the installed driver. The step-by-step instructions for creating a DSN and using it to connect to Google Sheets via ODBC are just the beginning. The documentation also provides extensive configuration details for using the Google Sheets ODBC driver with all your favorite applications and development tools, ensuring you have all the support you need.

All of the CData ODBC drivers, including the Google Sheets ODBC driver are available for download online. To get started, download a fully functional free trial of the Google Sheets ODBC driver today.

To install the Google Sheets driver, simply download one of the Google Sheets ODBC driver installers available online. The download page includes separate Windows, macOS, and Unix installers, so please select the Google Sheets ODBC driver that matches the platform where you intend to use the driver. The installers are comprehensive setup utilities that will install all the components required to use the Google Sheets ODBC driver on your system.

The Google Sheets ODBC driver is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries. The Google Sheets driver installer will allow you to install both options, and you can select the ODBC driver binary that is appropriate for the system where you intend to use the driver.

Absolutely. The Google Sheets ODBC driver seamlessly supports pyODBC connectivity. For example, check out this article on our online knowledgebase that demonstrates how you can connect to Google Sheets from PyCharm using pyODBC and the Google Sheets ODBC driver.

However, besides ODBC support, we also provide native Python data connectivity for Google Sheets. To learn more, check out the Google Sheets Python Connector online.

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