do we need an ODBC data connection or a System DSN while connecting to MongoDB BI connector? I'm not able to connect to MongoDB BI connector on Metabase and Im using following configuration settings as shown in below snapshot.
Im facing connection timedout error while saving the configuration settings
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Hi @LokeshPalacharla
Are you talking about āMongoDB Connector for BIā ?
Then it needs a special driver and not the standard MongoDB driver, but thereās currently only a request - I havenāt seen a public driver for BI.
https://github.com/metabase/metabase/issues/6584 - upvote by clicking 
on the first post
hey @flamber! thank you for your reply! I am using āMongoDB connector for BIā to talk with MongoDB on Metabase, so that I can query in SQL. Iām new to Metabase probably need to work on it, but i was able to connect to the MongoDB connector for BI to other visualization tools like power BI and even excel through ODBC connectors. Any particular lead you can point to?
Thank you for all your help.
@LokeshPalacharla ODBC is the standard connector on Windows (if I remember correctly) - Metabase uses Java, so all drivers are JDBC, but still need to be formatted to the structure of Metabase.
Unless you feel up to the challenge to try to code a driver (Java/Clojure), then itās probably not going to be possible for you to use Metabase with that datasource until thereās a driver available.
https://github.com/metabase/metabase/wiki/Writing-A-Driver
Looks like the MongoDB BI connector is really a bridge offering up SQL with a MySQL compatible interface:
https://docs.mongodb.com/bi-connector/master/connect/mysql/
So maybe As an alternative to what @flamber suggests try the MySQL driver in Metabase. I do not know how compatible the BI driver is with plan MySQL and itās JDBC driver though so YMMV. Also if you search for MongoDB BI you may find past posts on the topic. Not sure how compatibility has evolved since those.
hey @jornh thanks for your reply! Yes I am trying to conenct through MySQL type but Iām facing SSL connection error - āssl is required when using cleartext authenticationā as in below snapshot.
I'm able to connect to Mysql work bench using the same Mongdb BI connector as in below snapshot.
Having the same issue - is there anyway to fix this ??
I have the same problem. I was able to connect by using MySQL Workbench, DBeaver however Metabase is not able to connect to BIConnector, due to the obscure SSL problem. Can someone have a chance to check it?
I have the same issue