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Enable ZooKeeper (Service Discovery Mode) for Native Cloudera Hadoop Hive Connector


Published: 02 Dec 2022
Last Modified Date: 03 Dec 2022

Question

How to connect to Cloudera Hadoop Hive by using ZooKeeper as the Service Discovery Mode.

Environment

  • Tableau Desktop 
  • Cloudera Hadoop Hive
  • Windows 10

Answer

Currently, the ability to connect Cloudera Hadoop Hive by using ZooKeeper as the Service Discovery Mode is not built into the product.

Workaround:

1. Create a Data Source Name (DSN) for Cloudera Hadoop Hive and select ZooKeeper in Service Discovery Mode.  For instructions, see information from the guide on Cloudera ODBC Driver for Apache Hive.  

2. Start Tableau and select the Other Databases (ODBC) connector.   Use the DSN created in Step 1 to connect to the database.
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