ODBC troubleshooting
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- UpdatedJan 30, 2025
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- Yokohama
- API implementation
Review these troubleshooting resources to resolve issues with the ODBC driver.
For troubleshooting information, see the Knowledge Base articles troubleshooting ODBC driver issues and troubleshooting common ODBC error messages.
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- Getting started with ODBC
Before installing the ODBC driver, view the video on this page, create an ODBC user account, assign the odbc role, and define an ACL rule for the odbc role.
- Create an ODBC user account and assign the odbc role
The ODBC driver communicates with your ServiceNow instance as a specific user. Create an ODBC user account and assign the odbc role to enable the user to communicate via ODBC.
- Define an ACL rule for the odbc role
Define an ACL rule for the odbc role to provide read access to the incident table. You can create other ACL rules for the odbc role to provide read access to other tables.
- Configure the ODBC driver
Configure the ODBC driver to connect to your ServiceNow instance.
- Test the ODBC driver
After configuring the ODBC driver, test that the driver can connect to the base instance as the ODBC user and can query data from a target table.