title: ODBC driver for HBase/Phoenix
body: <p>I need to connect Tableau to HBase or Phoenix and Tableau does not support JDBC. Bummer!</p>
  
  <p>I've read about the proprietary Simba driver but haven't seen any reports of people using it. I don't feel like forking over money when it's not ideal, and my employer feels the same way.</p>
  
  <p>Is there another way to connect Tableau to HBase or Phoenix? How are other people doing it? I don't like the idea of using Hive to connect to HBase because one of the main reasons to go away from Hive is its atrocious performance, so I hope that's not my 'best' alternative.</p>
  
  <p>On the other hand, if people have used Simba and it works well, I'm curious to hear about that.</p>