<h2>Getting started with ODBC</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="concept" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Getting started with ODBC" /><meta name="abstract" content="Before installing the ODBC driver, view the video on this page, create an ODBC user account, assign the odbc role, and define an ACL rule for the odbc role." /><meta name="description" content="Before installing the ODBC driver, view the video on this page, create an ODBC user account, assign the odbc role, and define an ACL rule for the odbc role." /><meta name="DC.subject" content="ODBC driver quick start, getting started" /><meta name="keywords" content="ODBC driver quick start, getting started" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/concept/c_ODBCDriver.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../build/applications/concept/api-implementation-reference.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../build/applications/concept/api-implementation.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../integrate/web-services/reference/r_AvailableWebServices.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../integrate/outbound-web-services/concept/additional-integration-resources.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/task/t_CreateAnODBCUser.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/task/t_DefineAnACLRuleForTheODBCRole.html" /><meta name="DC.creator" content="ServiceNow" /><meta name="DC.date.created" content="2023-08-03" /><meta name="DC.date.modified" content="2023-08-03" /><meta name="DC.format" content="XHTML" /><meta name="DC.identifier" content="c_GettingStartedWithODBC" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../CSS/commonltr.css" /><title>Getting started with ODBC</title></head><body id="c_GettingStartedWithODBC"> <div class="breadcrumb"><a class="link" href="../../../build/applications/concept/api-implementation-reference.html" title="Get started using ServiceNow APIs with guides, resources, and reference documentation.">API implementation and reference</a> > <a class="link" href="../../../build/applications/concept/api-implementation.html" title="You can use JavaScript APIs to extend application server and client functionality. 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A <span class="ph">ServiceNow</span> user with the admin role can perform these procedures.</p> <p class="p">Before downloading and installing the ODBC driver, <a class="xref" href="../reference/r_ODBCDriverInstallationReqs.html" title="Install the ServiceNow ODBC driver on Microsoft Windows computers.">review the requirements</a> to ensure that your configuration is compatible.</p> </div> </div> <div class="related-links"> <ol class="olchildlinks"><li class="link olchildlink"><a href="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/task/t_CreateAnODBCUser.html">Create an ODBC user account and assign the odbc role</a><br /> The ODBC driver communicates with your <span class="ph">ServiceNow</span> instance as a specific user. Create an ODBC user account and assign the odbc role to enable the user to communicate via ODBC.</li><li class="link olchildlink"><a href="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/task/t_DefineAnACLRuleForTheODBCRole.html">Define an ACL rule for the odbc role</a><br /> Define an ACL rule for the odbc role to provide read access to the incident table. You can create other ACL rules for the odbc role to provide read access to other tables.</li></ol> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/concept/c_ODBCDriver.html" title="The ServiceNow open database connectivity (ODBC) driver provides read-only access to the database associated with your ServiceNow instance.">Create data sources from other apps using ODBC driver</a></div> </div> </div></body></html></div>