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Access Databricks Delta table using SSRS without copying data to AzureSQL

MattM
New Contributor III

We have our BI facts and dimensions built in as delta table in Datarbicks env and is being used for reporting by connecting PowerBI reports using datarbricks connection. We now have a need to use this data for another application utilizing SSRS reports. Is there a way to connect SSRS report to the data in the delta table without replicating the data to azure sql? We do not want to use Azure Synapse on top of it. While querying the parquet file format of the delta table might be one solution but is not the most elegant one.

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RyanD-AgCountry
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I know we've been able to successfully connect Power BI Service to Databricks via the Simba Spark ODBC driver installed on a PBI Gateway server. I haven't gone into trying through our SSRS server yet. I suspect it is likely possible if network and drivers are configured correctly.

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Anonymous
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Hi, @Matt M​ - Welcome back! I'm sure the community will respond soon. Thank you for your patience. 🙂

RyanD-AgCountry
Contributor

I know we've been able to successfully connect Power BI Service to Databricks via the Simba Spark ODBC driver installed on a PBI Gateway server. I haven't gone into trying through our SSRS server yet. I suspect it is likely possible if network and drivers are configured correctly.

Chris_Grabiel
New Contributor III

Like @Ryan Daly​  said, you can do this "natively" using Databricks SQL (since SSRS and other tools can "see" the SQL endpoint can communicate with it via ODBC (using the Simba Spark driver). We have integrated this way with PowerBI, SSIS, SSRS, desktop SQL IDEs, Tableau Desktop/Server, etc.

I've been filling warehouses and lakes for a little over a decade, and as such I've held all types of roles along my data engineering "journey." Have a question? Just ask!

mvs
New Contributor II

Could you please let me know how to configure the SimbaSpark ODBC driver with databricks

Hi @Chris_Grabiel ,  I was following the post as facing some issue while deploying the SSRS report to the desired SSRS server instance. I was able to retrieve the data in SSRS (visual studio) from data bricks using end point ODBC connector. However, when I am deploying the report to SSRS server there is error and when I check the SSRS server instance I can see that connection is unable to build. Although I have installed the same ODBC connector on server machine. I am using the connection string Dsn=eduschedargdevmanagedrgdbw01 on SSRS server. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Cheers,

MattM
New Contributor III

Thanks AgCountry FCS (Customer) and Chris Grabiel (Customer)

Anonymous
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@Matt M​ - Would you be happy to mark whichever answer provided your solution as best so other members may find the solution more quickly?

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