# Elastic search sql parameters

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-sql-parameters/137813>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-sql\
**Created:** [June 28, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-sql-parameters/137813 "2018-06-28T15:18:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![bossi6of9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@bossi6of9](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bossi6of9)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-sql-parameters/137813/1 "2018-06-28T15:18:24Z")

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Hi,

I'm trying to connect a BI tool into Elasticsearch 6.3. In order to do so, I need the serviceClass and jdbcDriverClass, but don't see it documented anywhere. Can someone provide it?

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**Author:** ![Andrei\_Stefan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrei_stefan/32/47533_2.png) [@Andrei\_Stefan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrei_Stefan)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-sql-parameters/137813/2 "2018-06-28T15:54:13Z")

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Hi @bossi6of9,  
The driver class is `org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.jdbc.JdbcDriver` (documented [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.3/sql-jdbc.html#jdbc-setup)). Which BI tool are you trying to connect to ES?

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**Author:** ![bossi6of9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@bossi6of9](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bossi6of9)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-sql-parameters/137813/3 "2018-07-20T19:27:16Z")

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Thanks. I'm trying to use DB Visualizer, but I'm getting a "could not load any driver from files" message.

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**Author:** ![Andrei\_Stefan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrei_stefan/32/47533_2.png) [@Andrei\_Stefan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrei_Stefan)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-sql-parameters/137813/4 "2018-07-25T13:10:43Z")

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Hi @bossi6of9,

I am not familiar with DBVisualizer but I tried it for few minutes.  
Steps I followed:

- download the jdbc driver from [here](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/jdbc-client)
- unzipped the downloaded file
- put `jdbc-6.3.2.jar` file inside DBVisualizer installation under `jdbc/es` folder but I believe it can be placed anywhere else
- I put the rest of the files from the zip (elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar, elasticsearch-core-6.3.2.jar etc) under DBVisualizer installation folder under `lib`
- restarted DBVisualizer
- Tools -\> Driver Manager...
- `+` sign to add a new driver
- in the next window you can choose the folder (and file) of the jdbc driver and this is where you browse to `jdbc-6.3.2.jar` location
- you define then the jdbc URL format according to [our documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.3/sql-jdbc.html#jdbc-setup)

Also, please note that you need a Platinum license in your Elasticsearch cluster to be able to use the JDBC driver. More details [here](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions), under `Management & Tooling` section.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-sql-parameters/137813/5 "2018-08-22T13:14:00Z")

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