You must use the Data Vault ODBC driver to connect to the Data Vault. Install the Data Vault ODBC driver on the machine that hosts a client application that you want to use to connect to the Data Vault.
You can use any ODBC-compliant client application to access the data stored in the Data Vault. For example, you can use PowerCenter to connect to the Data Vault as a source or target. On Windows, you can use the Data Vault SQL Tool to access data in the Data Vault.
To use the Data Vault ODBC driver to connect to the Data Vault, complete the following steps:
Install the Data Vault ODBC files on the machine that hosts the client application.
Verify the connections to the Data Vault that are available in the Data Archive Workbench.