The Jethro ODBC driver for Linux, enables access to the data stored in Jethro instances, from Business Intelligence (BI) applications with ODBC support.

The following sections specify the steps required for the installation and configuration of Jethro ODBC driver:

Jethro ODBC drivers can be downloaded from the drivers download page.

To install the ODBC driver:

1. Make sure that you have root permission. 
   
   
   

2. Navigate to the directory where the download placed the file, and run:

   rpm -ivh jethroODBC-3.0.0BETA-18094.x86_64.rpm

   The driver will be installed under: /opt/jethro/jethroodbc/lib/libJethroODBC64.so 
   
   

To setup a DSN based connection to Jethro instance on Linux, configure a system DSN with the instance connection details. 

Some BI applications allow setting up a DSN-less connection. The interface for setting up a DNS-less connection is BI tools specific, and it should generate a Jethro ODBC connection string. Jethro recommends using a DSN connection if possible, but some tools requires DSN-less connection string only.

To allow using a DSN-Less connection with Jethro, you need to define the driver in the odbcinst.ini file and then provide a DSN-less connection string in your application. If your machine is already configured to use an existing odbcinst.ini file, then update that file by adding the settings described below. Otherwise, copy the odbcinst.ini file from /opt/jethro/odbc/conf/ to the home directory (cp /opt/jethro/odbc/conf/odbc.ini ~/.odbc.ini), and then update the file as described below. 

1. In the [ODBC Drivers] section, add a new line by typing 'JethroODBCDriver' as a name for the driver, an equal sign (=), and then 'Installed':

   [ODBC Drivers] JethroODBCDriver=installed

2. Create a section that has the same name as the driver (as specified in the previous step - JethroODBCDriver), and then specify the following configurations:

   [JethroODBCDriver] APILevel=1 ConnectFunctions=YYY Description=64-bit JethroData DSII Driver=/opt/jethro/jethroodbc/lib/libJethroODBC64.so DriverODBCVer=03.80 SQLLevel=1

3. Connect to your instance by providing your application with a connection string. The elements format of the connection string is:

DRIVER={JethroODBCDriver};HOST={host};PORT={port};INSTANCE={instance_name};UID={user};PWD={password};

If connection with the client is not successfully established, check the following troubleshooting suggestions:

• Verify that the JethroServer process is running on the server provided.

• Verify that the JethroServer port is accessible from the client (no firewalls are blocking the connection).

• Check the ODBC logs for valuable information (by default, located on /var/log/jethro/odbc/).
  To enable logging:

  1. Edit /opt/jethro/jethroodbc/lib/JethroODBC.ini, and set LogLevel to 6. 

  2. Restart your BI application to create a new session.

• If you receive ODBC system error 193 when trying to connect – this is a generic ODBC error message meaning that a 32-bit application is trying to use a 64-bit driver. Ensure that you use a 64-bit version of the client application (BI tool and so on).

Any general-purpose BI/SQL query tool that supports the SQL-92 standard should be able to connect with Jethro.

The instructions below refer to MicroStrategy, but other tools would most probably require a similar process to establish that connection.

1. Edit /var/opt/MicroStrategy/env/ODBC.sh
   Add the following lines of code at the end of the script:
   SIMBAINI='/opt/jethro/odbc/conf/JethroODBC.ini'
   export SIMBAINI

2. Use MicroStrategy connectivity wizard to create a DSN, using "MySql ODBC 5.x Driver" data base type. You will be required to provide the location of Jethro's driver. 
   The location is: /opt/jethro/jethroodbc/lib/libJethroODBC64.so

3. Alternatively, you can manually edit the MSTR odbc.ini file: /var/opt/Microstrategy/odbc.ini, and insert the DSN information manually:
   
   

   1. Under [ODBC Data Sources] add: yourdsnname=MySQL ODBC 5.x Driver

   2. Create a new DSN paragraph as explained above, for example:
      
      

      [yourdsnname]
      DriverUnicodeType=1
      Description=MySQL ODBC 5.x Driver
      PORT=9111
      DATABASE=tpcds
      CHARSET=utf8
      SERVER=12.34.56.789
      OPTION=2
      SOCKET=
      Driver=/opt/jethro/jethroodbc/lib/libJethroODBC64.so

   3. edit odbcinst.ini and add the following line under [ODBC Drivers]:
      JethroODBCDriver = Installed

   4. add another paragraph:
      
      

      [JethroODBCDriver]
      APILevel=1
      ConnectFunctions=YYY
      Description=64-bit JethroData DSII
      Driver=/opt/jethro/jethroodbc/lib/libJethroODBC64.so
      DriverODBCVer=03.80
      SQLLevel=1
      Setup=/opt/jethro/jethroodbc/lib/libJethroODBC64.so