# Pentaho Tools

This table summarizes which data sources are compatible with the main Pentaho tools.

| Pentaho Software                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Data Source                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Pentaho Reporting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | <ul><li>JDBC 3/4\*</li><li>ODBC</li><li>OLAP4J</li><li>XML</li><li>Pentaho Analysis</li><li>Pentaho Data Integration</li><li>Pentaho Metadata</li><li>Scriptable</li><li>Snowflake</li></ul>                                                                                                                 |
| Pentaho Server, Action Sequences                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | <ul><li>Relational (JDBC)</li><li>Hibernate</li><li>Javascript</li><li>Metadata (MQL)</li><li>Mondrian (MDX)</li><li>XML (XQuery)</li><li>Security User/Role List Provider</li><li>Snowflake</li><li>Data Integration Steps (PDI)</li><li>Other Action Sequences</li><li>Web Services</li><li>XMLA</li></ul> |
| Pentaho Data Integration                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | <ul><li>JDBC 3/4\*</li><li>OLAP4J</li><li>Salesforce</li><li>Snowflake</li><li>XML</li><li>CSV</li><li>Microsoft Excel</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                             |
| \* Use a JDBC 3.x or 4.x compliant driver that is compatible with SQL-92 standards when communicating with relational data sources. For a list of drivers to use with relational JDBC databases, see the [JDBC drivers reference](/install/9.3-install/jdbc-drivers-reference.md). |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |


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