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Use the Tableau Desktop business intelligence tool to connect to Odoo data.
With CData Drivers for Odoo, you can use data access standards to unlock connectivity to business intelligence tools like Tableau. The CData JDBC Driver for Odoo allows you to connect from Tableau on Windows and macOS. This article covers how to discover schemas and query Odoo data data in real-time.
NOTE: If you are using Tableau 2020.3 or higher, you can use the CData JDBC Driver for Odoo. If you wish to connect to Odoo data in Tableau Cloud, you will need to use CData Connect Cloud.
About Odoo Data Integration
Accessing and integrating live data from Odoo has never been easier with CData. Customers rely on CData connectivity to:
- Access live data from both Odoo API 8.0+ and Odoo.sh Cloud ERP.
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Extend the native Odoo features with intelligent handling of many-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many data properties. CData's connectivity solutions also intelligently handle complex data properties within Odoo. In addition to columns with simple values like text and dates, there are also columns that contain multiple values on each row. The driver decodes these kinds of values differently, depending upon the type of column the value comes from:
- Many-to-one columns are references to a single row within another model. Within CData solutions, many-to-one columns are represented as integers, whose value is the ID to which they refer in the other model.
- Many-to-many columns are references to many rows within another model. Within CData solutions, many-to-many columns are represented as text containing a comma-separated list of integers. Each value in that list is the ID of a row that is being referenced.
- One-to-many columns are references to many rows within another model - they are similar to many-to-many columns (comma-separated lists of integers), except that each row in the referenced model must belong to only one in the main model.
- Use SQL stored procedures to call server-side RFCs within Odoo.
Users frequently integrate Odoo with analytics tools such as Power BI and Qlik Sense, and leverage our tools to replicate Odoo data to databases or data warehouses.
Getting Started
Connect to Odoo in Tableau
Before starting Tableau, make sure you've placed the .jar file in the correct folder:
- Windows: C:\Program Files\Tableau\Drivers
- MacOS: ~/Library/Tableau/Drivers
Once your .jar file is in place, establishing a connection is straightforward.
- Start Tableau.
- Under To a Server, select More.
- Select Other Databases (JDBC)
- Enter the JDBC connection string in the URL field.
- Select Sign in.
To connect, set the Url to a valid Odoo site, User and Password to the connection details of the user you are connecting with, and Database to the Odoo database.
Built-in Connection String Designer
For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Odoo JDBC Driver. Either double-click the .jar file or execute the .jar file from the command-line.
From Windows:
java -jar 'C:\Program Files\CData[product_name]\lib\cdata.jdbc.odoo.jar'
From MacOS:
java -jar cdata.jdbc.odoo.jar
Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

When you configure the JDBC URL, you may also want to set the Max Rows connection property. This will limit the number of rows returned, which is especially helpful for improving performance when designing reports and visualizations.
The following is a sample URL created in the designer:
jdbc:odoo:User=MyUser;Password=MyPassword;URL=http://MyOdooSite/;Database=MyDatabase;
Discover Schemas and Query Data
- Select CData from the Database pull-down menu.
- Select CData from the Schema pull-down menu.
- Drag the table onto the join area. You can include multiple tables.
- Select Update Now or Automatically Update. Update Now lets you preview the first 10,000 rows of the data source (or enter the number of rows you want to see in the Rows text box). Automatically Update automatically reflects the changes in the preview area.
- In the Connection menu, select the Live option, so that you skip loading a copy of the data into Tableau and instead work on real-time data.
- Click the tab for your worksheet. Columns are listed as Dimensions and Measures, depending on the data type. The CData Driver discovers data types automatically, allowing you to leverage the powerful data processing and visualization features of Tableau.
- Click and drag a field from the Dimensions or Measures area to Rows or Columns. Tableau creates column or row headers.
- Select one of the chart types from the Show Me tab. Tableau displays the chart type that you selected.



Using the CData JDBC Driver for Odoo with Tableau, you can easily create robust visualizations and reports on Odoo data. Download a free, 30-day trial and get started today.