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Tableau Desktop connection error from Mac M1

Chinu — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 18:48:56 GMT

Hi, Im getting the below error while connecting SQL Warehouse from the tableau desktop. I installed the latest ODBC drivers (2.7.5) but I can confirm that the driver name is different. From the error message I see libsparkodbc_sbu.dylib but in my laptop I see "libsparkodbc_sb64-universal.dylib". I downloaded ODBC manager and overridden the driver name to libsparkodbc_sb64-universal.dylib but I still get the same error.
Have you experienced this before? Any workaround?

[iODBC][Driver Manager]dlopen(/Library/simba/spark/lib/libsparkodbc_sbu.dylib, 0x0006): tried: '/Library/simba/spark/lib/libsparkodbc_sbu.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/Library/simba/spark/lib/libsparkodbc_sbu.dylib' (no such

[iODBC][Driver Manager]Specified driver could not be loaded

Download and install the drivers, and then connect.

Re: Tableau Desktop connection error from Mac M1

jiro — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 01:42:08 GMT

Hello @Chinu

It looks like Tableau Desktop by default searches for /Library/simba/spark/lib/libsparkodbc_sbu.dylib , but the file in the SimbaSparkODBC-2.7.7.1016-OS gets installed as libsparkodbc_sb64-universal.dylib

I was able to go around this by renaming the file libsparkodbc_sb64-universal.dylib to libsparkodbc_sbu.dylib

. I also exported the env variable as shown in the install document

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:/Library/simba/spark/lib/libsparkodbc_sbu.dylib

Re: Tableau Desktop connection error from Mac M1

rbrito-jz — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 20:26:23 GMT

I updated the databricks driver and I am getting the same error. Did you guys find what the issue was and how to correct it?

Re: Tableau Desktop connection error from Mac M1

jefflipkowitz — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 22:01:52 GMT

Have you referred to this document?https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/examples_databricks.html

https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/examples_databricks.htm

Re: Tableau Desktop connection error from Mac M1

Allex_Sanus — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 20:09:32 GMT

Could you please provide the macOS ODBC driver? I’ve been trying to download it from the official website, but the download links are not working.

Re: Tableau Desktop connection error from Mac M1

Chinu — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 22:32:06 GMT

Hi Allex, I cant upload zip file, please post your email address.

Re: Tableau Desktop connection error from Mac M1

Allex_Sanus — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 23:33:19 GMT

allexfcatarina@gmail.com