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The Impala ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Impala, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access Impala data like you would a database - read, write, and update Impala data, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

Use the CData ODBC Driver for Impala in Microsoft Power Query



You can use the CData Impala ODBC Driver with Microsoft Power Query. In this article, you will use the ODBC driver to import Impala data into Microsoft Power Query.

The CData ODBC Driver for Impala enables you to link to Impala data in Microsoft Power Query, ensuring that you see any updates. This article details how to use the ODBC driver to import Impala data into Microsoft Power Query.

Connect to Impala as an ODBC Data Source

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

In order to connect to Apache Impala, set the Server, Port, and ProtocolVersion. You may optionally specify a default Database. To connect using alternative methods, such as NOSASL, LDAP, or Kerberos, refer to the online Help documentation.

Import Impala Data

Follow the steps below to import Impala data using standard SQL:

  1. From the ribbon in Excel, click Power Query -> From Other Data Sources -> From ODBC.

  2. Enter the ODBC connection string. Below is a connection string using the default DSN created when you install the driver: Provider=MSDASQL.1;Persist Security Info=False;DSN=CData ApacheImpala Source
  3. Enter the SELECT statement to import data with. For example:

    SELECT City, CompanyName FROM Customers WHERE Country = 'US'
  4. Enter credentials, if required, and click Connect. The results of the query are displayed in the Query Editor Preview. You can combine queries from other data sources or refine the data with Power Query formulas. To load the query to the worksheet, click the Close and Load button.