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Sigma Computing and Tallyfy Analytics

Sigma Computing can’t connect directly to AWS Athena - which is the query engine behind Tallyfy Analytics. If you’re set on using Sigma, you’ll need a workaround.

Sigma is a cloud-native BI platform that gives business users a spreadsheet-like interface on top of cloud data warehouses. No SQL required. If you’re comfortable with Excel, you’ll pick it up fast.

What Sigma connects to

Sigma requires persistent, always-on connections to data warehouses. It supports these platforms natively:

PlatformConnection type
SnowflakeNative connector
Google BigQueryNative connector
Amazon RedshiftNative connector
DatabricksNative connector
PostgreSQLNative connector
MySQLNative connector
Microsoft SQL ServerNative connector
AlloyDBNative connector
StarburstNative connector

AWS Athena isn’t on this list because it’s serverless - it doesn’t maintain persistent connections. Athena runs queries on demand against S3 storage, which is a fundamentally different pattern than what Sigma expects.

Workarounds for Tallyfy Analytics

Three paths forward:

Bridge through Redshift Spectrum - If you already have Amazon Redshift, use Redshift Spectrum to query the S3 data where Tallyfy Analytics stores everything. Then connect Sigma to Redshift normally.

Migrate to a supported warehouse - Copy your analytics data into Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift. Any of these work natively with Sigma.

Switch BI tools instead - If you’d rather keep Athena, use a tool that supports it directly:

  • Power BI (with the appropriate ODBC drivers)
  • Tableau (via JDBC connection)
  • AWS QuickSight (built specifically for Athena)

Practical recommendation

If you’re already using Tallyfy Analytics, Power BI or Tableau are the straightforward choices - they connect to Athena without extra infrastructure. Sigma is a strong platform, but the Athena gap means added complexity you probably don’t need.

Keep an eye on Sigma’s roadmap. They may add Athena support in the future, and submitting a feature request to Sigma directly helps signal demand.

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