# SAP IQ vendor-specific interface · access · 2021

Revision 1 (11 October 2026) · Modeled snapshot · through 8 October 2026.

All figures are research-informed estimates of analytical activity. Significant errors may remain; decimal places do not imply measurement precision.

0.48% of the full access layer.

[SAP IQ vendor-specific interface](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/access/vendor-iq.md): historical names and annual shares.

IQ is a distinct analytical database family from Sybase ASE, with its own column-oriented storage and system catalog.

Connections below describe the whole SAP IQ engine. Access and storage mixes are estimated separately; they are not a joint interface-to-storage distribution.

## Access use within this engine

| Option | Share of engine activity | Share of full access layer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [JDBC](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/access/jdbc.md) | 31.1% | 0.6% |
| [ODBC](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/access/odbc.md) | 24.3% | 0.5% |
| [SAP IQ vendor-specific interface](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/access/vendor-iq.md) | 24% | 0.5% |
| [Other language/portable APIs](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/access/other-api.md) | 11.3% | 0.2% |
| [Python DB-API (other drivers)](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/access/python.md) | 9.4% | 0.2% |

## Storage use within this engine

| Option | Share of engine activity | Share of full storage layer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [SAP IQ native storage](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/storage/native-iq.md) | 95% | 1.9% |
| [Federated relational native stores (vendor unallocated)](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/storage/remote-relational.md) | 5% | 0.1% |

[All percentages for 2021](https://history.columnar.tech/years/2021.md)

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