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Azure Data Catalog Integration?
Hi all,
From the Azure Data Catalog FAQ: You can think of Azure Data Catalog as an evolution of the Data Catalog. Azure Data Catalog delivers similar capabilities for data source publishing and discovery, but is focused on broader scenarios and not dependent on Office 365. Shortly after the Azure Data Catalog becomes generally available the two catalogs will merge into a single service.
Please let me know if this answers your question and gives you the information you need.
Edit: This is Matthew from the Azure Data Catalog team, so please feel free to ask questions if you have them. You can also visit the Azure Data Catalog forum ( https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/azure/en-US/home?forum=azuredatacatalog ) for questions specific to ADC.
Anonymous,
Andre is correct. Currently, the Azure Data Catalog does not connect directly to Power BI. The Microsoft documentation incorrectly states that it can.
However, you can use the Azure Data Catalog REST API to push the data into Power BI if you wish. It is actually quite a simple API if your IT area will allow you to set it up. There is a step-by-step guide for this which can easily be found.
Cheers,
D
If your sales sell the glossary feature of the azure data catalog, i really do not care to pay for that integration too. It is the only reason to build a data cataloge, to improve a self service bi solution.
Thank you, for sharing your thoughts, MS.
definitely would like to hear an update.
Agree, would like an update on this integration. I also think the licensing for Azure Data Catalog needs to be revisited....something similar to Power BI Premium where you can allow all users in your organization (10,000+) without paying $1 per user per month. I would be willing to pay $1 per user that actually reads or writes to the catalog for that month but currently you have to pay for them up front even if they don't use it!
I agree, these itegration pieces between the Azure Data Catalog, Excel, and PowerBI are key. The licensing also needs to be revisited for these products. As it is now it is impossible to roll out the Azure Data Catalog to a huge organization at $1/person/month if you have to prepay for all of them. Change the licensing to a usage based model and let it take off!
