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Add application name to ODBC string

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Microsoft collects anonymous aggregate statistics about SQLServer + Synapse usage via the “Application Name” property of connections. After we spoke with a Synapse PM the other day, they’re curious to know how many people are using dbt with SQLServer + Synapse.

If you’re open to it, I believe we can add an APP parameter to the ODBC connection string. For reference:

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  • State:closed
  • Created 3 years ago
  • Reactions:1
  • Comments:5 (1 by maintainers)

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mikaelenecommented, Jan 13, 2021

Solved with #63

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mikaelenecommented, Dec 18, 2020

we could maybe send “dbt”+ adapter name from profiles.yml

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