Oracle OLAP

How do I connect to Oracle DataWareHouse or Cubes in Power BI??

Hi mrbajana，

There is no built-in connector for Oracle OLAP or cube in Power BI Desktop. As a workaround, you can connect to Oracle OLAP in Excel using Simba MDX OLE-DB Provider, then connect to the Excel file via “File->Import->Excel workbook contents” in Power BI Desktop.

For more details about connecting to Oracle OLAP in Excel using Simba MDX OLE-DB Provider, please review the following articles.
http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/db/11g/r2/prod/bidw/olap11g_excel/olap_excel.htm
https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2010/08/oracle-olap-11g-reporting-in-excel-using-simba-mdx-ole-db-provider/

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

Oracle offers Essbase for customers without the Oracle Database or who require multiple data-sources to load their cubes.

Hi! I am currently assesing the same thing. Oracle OLAP cube connector to Power BI. Found this link interesting https://support.biconnector.com/support/solutions/articles/8000048783-connect-power-bi-desktop-to-obiee-reports-using-direct-query-step-by-step-user-guide

That again I found at Tableau https://community.tableau.com/docs/DOC-9857. Looks like they are recomending that connector for Tableau. And it looks like it can conncet directly to Oracle reports which is what I want to do.

This thread is relevant too: http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Connect-to-OBIEE-RPD-using-ODBC-Connection/td-p/33008 Was able to connect by using Blank Query and pasting the info below, and fist setting up ODBC connection in Windows (https://gerardnico.com/dat/obiee/obis/odbc_driver_bi_server_create). Also I put a setting to the Presentation layer in Oracle Administration Tool to Export logical keys.

let
    Source =  Odbc.DataSource("dsn=MYDSN", [HierarchicalNavigation=false])
in
    Source