About the Simba ODBC Driver for OSvC 1.7.8

The Simba ODBC Driver for OSvC enables Business Intelligence (BI), analytics, and reporting on data that is stored in Oracle Service Cloud (OSvC). The connector complies with the ODBC 3.80 data standard and adds important functionality such as Unicode, as well as 32- and 64-bit support for high-performance computing environments on all platforms.

ODBC is one of the most established and widely supported APIs for connecting to and working with databases. At the heart of the technology is the ODBC connector, which connects an application to the database. For more information about ODBC, see: https://insightsoftware.com/blog/what-is-odbc/. For complete information about the ODBC specification, see the ODBC API Reference from the Microsoft documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/odbc/reference/syntax/odbc-api-reference.

The Installation and Configuration Guide is suitable for users who are looking to access data residing within Oracle Service Cloud (OSvC) from their desktop environment. Application developers may also find the information helpful. Refer to your application for details on connecting via ODBC.

For a complete reference guide to the stored procedures available for the connector and database schema tables used by the connector, see the Simba ODBC Driver for OSvC with SQL Connector Reference Guide.

Important:

All references to "OSvC" in this documentation refer to Oracle Service Cloud.

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