DBMS Connection Software

The following table lists the client software required to connect from erwin® Data Modeler to the supported target servers. Work with your Database Administrator to install and configure the necessary software on the computer running erwin® Data Modeler. The client database software must be installed and configured before you can connect to a database to use features such as Reverse Engineer, Forward Engineer, and Complete Compare with that database.

Target DBMS	Client Software	Vendor/Provider
Avro	-	Apache Software Foundations
Azure Synapse	ODBC	Microsoft Corporation
Apache Cassandra	C++ Driver	DataStax
Couchbase	C SDK	Couchbase
Db2 iSeries	IBM iSeries Access	IBM Corporation
Db2 z/OS	IBM Db2 Connect	IBM Corporation
Db2 LUW/UDB	IBM Db2 Connect	IBM Corporation
Hive	ODBC Driver for Hive (REDB Hive and FE)	Cloudera
	MySQL Connectors (ODBC) (REDB Metastore)	MySQL
	PSQLODBC (REDB Metastore)	PostgreSQL
Informix	ODBC/Generic	IBM Corporation
JSON	-	-
MariaDB	ODBC	MariaDB Foundation
MongoDB	C++ Driver	MongoDB Inc.
MySQL	MySQL Connectors (ODBC, NET, Visual Studio Plugin, Java, MXJ)	Oracle
Netezza	ODBC	IBM Corporation
Oracle	SQL*Net or Net8 with configuration files (hosts, tnsnames.ora)	Oracle Corporation
PostgreSQL	PSQLODBC	PostgreSQL
Progress	ODBC	Progress Software
Redshift	ODBC	Amazon Web Services (AWS)
SAS	ODBC	SAS
SQL Server	SQL Server Client Tools	Microsoft Corporation
SAP ASE	Sybase Open Client	SAP
SAP IQ	ODBC	SAP
Snowflake	ODBC	Snowflake, Inc.
Teradata	Teradata ODBC	Teradata

More information:

Connect to the Database

Target Servers and the Physical Model