Connect BI tools to Unity Catalog

This article provides information about connecting business intelligence (BI) tools to Unity Catalog.

JDBC

To access data registered in Unity Catalog over JDBC, use Simba JDBC driver version 2.6.21 or above.

See Configure the Databricks ODBC and JDBC drivers.

ODBC

To access data registered in Unity Catalog over ODBC, use Simba ODBC driver version 2.6.19 or above.

See Configure the Databricks ODBC and JDBC drivers.

Power BI

To access data registered in Unity Catalog using Power BI, use Power BI Desktop version 2.98.683.0 or above (October 2021 release).

See Connect to Power BI.

Tableau

To access data registered in Unity Catalog using Tableau, use Tableau Desktop version 2021.4 with Simba ODBC driver version 2.6.19 or above.

See Connect to Tableau.