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 Databricks JDBC Driver.

ODBC

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

See Databricks ODBC Driver.

Looker

To use data managed by Unity Catalog in Looker, use the Simba JDBC driver version 2.6.21 or above. See Connect to Looker.

Power BI

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

See Connect Power BI to Databricks.

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 Tableau and Databricks.