Connecting applications to the connectivity service

Packaged applications such as SAP Crystal Reports, Microsoft Access or Excel and custom applications can specify the information to connect to the Hybrid Data Pipeline connectivity service using an ODBC data source and/or passing connection properties in an ODBC connection string.

The connection parameters set in the ODBC data source or passed in a connection string from the application only apply to the connection between the application and Hybrid Data Pipeline Driver for ODBC. The Hybrid Data Pipeline Data Source that you create configures the connection to the data store, such as Salesforce.com or Oracle Service Cloud.