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Alteryx desktop connect to ClickHouse

DRubanov3
5 - Atom

 Hi!
Is it possible to connect Alteryx Desctop to Click house data source? When selecting an input data (data source), there is no Click house option, are there any ways to do it?

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BS_THE_ANALYST
14 - Magnetar
14 - Magnetar

@DRubanov3 how would you be looking to connect to Clickhouse? Is there an ODBC driver or API available? 

 

ODBC connection guide: https://knowledge.alteryx.com/index/s/article/Connecting-to-an-ODBC-Datasource-1583459849470 

Take note, there's a GENERIC ODBC option that you could configure: https://help.alteryx.com/20241/en/designer/data-sources/odbc-and-oledb-database-connections.html#odb...

However, it doesn't guarantee a connection, I found this in the second article: 

 

Generic ODBC Option

From the Connect In-DB tool, you can select the Generic ODBC option to attempt a connection to an unsupported data source. This option does not guarantee a successful connection to unsupported data sources

 

 

If you want to go down an API connection route, you could use Python (as there's a Python tool within Alteryx) or you could leverage the Download tool and follow along the examples in this article to learn how to connect to an API: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Engine-Works/APIs-for-Beginners-Integrate-All-the-Systems/ba-p/8074... 

 

Please note, these types of connection will be processed in memory when the data is pulled into Alteryx. You could get around this by using IN-DB tools (https://help.alteryx.com/20232/en/designer/tools/in-database-overview.html) if Clickhouse was supported but it doesn't look like it is currently. You could vote for the feature to be made available here: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Desktop-Ideas/Support-ClickHouse-especially-for-in... 

 

All the best,

BS

All the best,
BS

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DRubanov3
5 - Atom

Thank you! 
I will try these options.
Do you know where the ODBC administrator can be found in the latest versions of the Alteryx?

nagakavyasri
12 - Quasar

@DRubanov3 ODBC connection can be added from Alteryx through: Input tool->Set Up a connection->Data sources->Generic (or) select any ODBC link->click on ODBC Admin in the pop-up.

 

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Or Simply search for 'ODBC' in Search bar of your system, select(preferably 64-bit) add the ODBC connection.

 

 

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