topic Re: Unable to connect to Cluster or SQL endpoint from mac using Simba ODBC connector in Warehousing & Analytics

Unable to connect to Cluster or SQL endpoint from mac using Simba ODBC connector

Adalberto — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:56:40 GMT

Hi,

I've been trying to connect to Databricks (cluster or endpoint) from Mac m1 using the simba odbc connector. I followed the instructions in:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/scenarios/connect-databricks-excel-python-r

https://docs.databricks.com/integrations/bi/jdbc-odbc-bi.html

https://docs.databricks.com/integrations/bi/jdbc-odbc-bi.html#install-and-configure-the-odbc-driver-for-macos

I cannot connect. Attached are the configuration and error message I'm getting. A colleague tried the same instructions on a Windows computer and had no problems.

Any suggestion?

Thanks

Re: Unable to connect to Cluster or SQL endpoint from mac using Simba ODBC connector

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:12:14 GMT

Hello, @Adalberto Garcia Espinosa. My name is Piper, and I'm a moderator for Databricks. Welcome and thank you for coming to the community with your question. Let's give it a while for the members to respond before we come back. Thanks in advance for your patience. 🙂

Re: Unable to connect to Cluster or SQL endpoint from mac using Simba ODBC connector

Adalberto — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:14:00 GMT

Thank you.

Re: Unable to connect to Cluster or SQL endpoint from mac using Simba ODBC connector

-werners- — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 07:18:53 GMT

2 things come to mind:

either the driver is not yet available for ARM (M1 cpu of your mac)
you have a firewall running on your mac

Re: Unable to connect to Cluster or SQL endpoint from mac using Simba ODBC connector

Atanu — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 14:10:39 GMT

are you using latest connector? also, check your firewall setup for the same.