Troubleshooting - QuickBooks Data DSN Not Showing Up In ODBCAD32.exe ODBC Data Source Administrator in Win8
Problem Description:
I can't configure QuickBooks Data DSN from Configure QODBC Data Source window. When I click on QuickBooks Data, configure is greyed out.
Please let me know what I am doing wrong.
Solutions:
You have opened 64 bit ODBC manager, On 64-bit platforms, 32-bit ODBC drivers are available to 32-bit applications, but not to 64-bit applications. What determines which ODBC driver architecture used is whether your application is 32-bit or 64-bit not whether your client platform (or database platform or DBMS) is 32-bit or 64-bit. Since QODBC is a 32-bit only ODBC driver, the only applications that can access it are 32-bit applications. So if you open ODBC Data Source window by default it will open 64 Bit ODBC Data Source Manager because OS is of 64 Bit.
You need to search "Configure QODBC Data Source"
Or
Run the 32 bit ODBC admin utility to see data source:
C:\windows\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe
Open Configure QODBC Data Source>>Go To "System DSN" Tab>> select QuickBooks Data>> click "configure"
Start>> QODBC Driver for use with QuickBooks >> Configure QODBC Data Source >>Go To "System DSN" Tab >> select DSN name >> click "configure" >> General tab >> select mode when opening "Same as company file" option.
