How to create SQL Server linked server against cloudera Impala

Below are the step by step approach for making SQL Server Linked Server to work with Cloudera Impala. As SQL Server is 64 bit product, we have to install Cloudera Impala 64 bit ODBC driver to make it working with SQL Server linked service. We need to follow the below steps: 1. Install Cloudera Impala 64 bit driver in the same SQL Server machine and set up the DSN with below settings.

2. Now, create linked server in SQL Server with below settings. Product name, Datasource should be the same as the name created in DSN.

Now, the impala queries will work fine without issues, using SQL Server linked server. We had unicode data pull issues and we solved it by going for above settings.