This string works in our environment: DRIVER={Splunk ODBC Driver};PORT=8089;PWD=myPW;SERVER=myServer;UID=myLocalUser;URL=https://myServer:8089;VERIFYSERVERSSLCERTIFICATE=N; A great tool for building this is WinSQL. A free download is available, for debugging sql connections. To use the tool, install the Splunk ODBC driver. In the tool, create a new connection of type Connection String. Enter "DRIVER={Splunk ODBC Driver};" in the string field, and click OK. The tool then prompts for the rest of your connection settings. When complete, the tool writes the connection string, as above. ... View more