# Setting up ODBC connection to ES (v6.6)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-odbc-connection-to-es-v6-6/170941>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 5, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-odbc-connection-to-es-v6-6/170941 "2019-03-05T15:29:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![jmikes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jmikes/32/41567_2.png) [@jmikes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jmikes)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-odbc-connection-to-es-v6-6/170941/1 "2019-03-05T15:29:54Z")

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Hi,  
I am trying to setup up ODBC connection from Windows 10 64bit, but during DSN configuration I am getting the error:

```
[Elastic][EsODBC 6.6.1(de8a0e2+,u,r) Driver]invalid_index_name_exception: Invalid index name [_xpack], must not start with '_', '-', or '+'"

```

I was trying to get any information on the forums and web, but no luck getting anything helpful.

ElasticSearch Version: 6.6.1  
Elastic ODBC driver version: 6.06.01.00

(It looks like the \_xpack, that is packed into ES 6.6 by default, causes that exception obviously...)

Anybody would help to point in which direction should I look to get it working?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-odbc-connection-to-es-v6-6/170941/2 "2019-03-05T15:49:07Z")

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Did you install the default distribution of Elasticsearch?

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**Author:** ![jmikes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jmikes/32/41567_2.png) [@jmikes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jmikes)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-odbc-connection-to-es-v6-6/170941/3 "2019-03-05T16:11:12Z")

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Thanks, Christian, that was the right direction 😃

I have used the homebrew for installation, but by default, it installs OSS version, not the BASIC one. And this makes the difference, although it's not visible at [Subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) nor mentioned in [ODBC prerequisites.](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/sql-odbc/6.6/sql-odbc-installation.html#prerequisites) . After installing the BASIC version, it works as supposed.

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**Author:** ![bogdan.pintea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bogdan.pintea/32/45740_2.png) [@bogdan.pintea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bogdan.pintea)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-odbc-connection-to-es-v6-6/170941/4 "2019-03-13T16:35:35Z")

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> [@jmikes](#):
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> nor mentioned in [ODBC prerequisites.](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/sql-odbc/6.6/sql-odbc-installation.html#prerequisites)

Thanks for pointing this out. We'll correct it.

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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:** [April 10, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-odbc-connection-to-es-v6-6/170941/5 "2019-04-10T16:36:36Z")

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