Instead of exporting data manually, you can connect your DataHawk-powered Snowflake database directly to Excel. This gives you automatically refreshed data inside an Excel file using an ODBC connection.

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Estimated setup time: under 5 minutes.

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Prerequisite

Set up

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Step 1 — Install the Snowflake ODBC driver

Download and install the Snowflake ODBC driver for your operating system:

Step 2 — Configure the ODBC data source

  1. Search for ODBC on your computer to open the ODBC Data Source Administrator.
  2. In the User DSN tab, click Add > SnowflakeDSIIDriver > Finish.
  3. Fill in the fields using your DataHawk Snowflake credentials:
ODBC field DataHawk credential
Data Source Name Any name you choose (e.g. "DataHawk")
User Your Snowflake username
Password Your Snowflake password
Server Your Snowflake server URL
Database Your DataHawk database name
Warehouse Your Snowflake warehouse