<h2>Configuring the ODBC driver</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 2024" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2024" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="concept" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Configuring the ODBC driver" /><meta name="abstract" content="After installing the ODBC driver, configure it to connect to your ServiceNow instance and to communicate through a proxy server, if applicable, and set properties to control ODBC behavior." /><meta name="description" content="After installing the ODBC driver, configure it to connect to your ServiceNow instance and to communicate through a proxy server, if applicable, and set properties to control ODBC behavior." /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/concept/c_ODBCDriver.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../build/custom-application/reference/r_CustomApplicationDevelopment.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_ConfigureTheODBCDriver.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/task/t_ConfigureTheGlobalDSNDefault.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/task/t_CreatingANewDSN.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/task/specify-connection-string.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/task/t_CnfgLoggingLevel.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/task/configure-odbc-large-data-sets.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/task/configure-odbc-proxy-servers.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/reference/r_SettingODBCProperties.html" /><meta name="DC.creator" content="ServiceNow" /><meta name="DC.date.created" content="2022-08-04" /><meta name="DC.date.modified" content="2022-08-04" /><meta name="DC.format" content="XHTML" /><meta name="DC.identifier" content="configuring-odbc" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../CSS/commonltr.css" /><title>Configuring the ODBC driver</title></head><body id="configuring-odbc"> <div class="breadcrumb"><a class="link" href="../../../build/custom-application/reference/r_CustomApplicationDevelopment.html" title="The Now Platform provides a single mobile and web application development platform to build business applications and extend existing apps that power your digital transformation.">Hyperautomation and Low-Code</a> > <a class="link" href="../../../integrate/web-services/reference/r_AvailableWebServices.html" title="HTTP-based web services allow diverse applications to talk to each other. 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