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wonga
Continued Contributor
10 years ago

Connect to OBIEE RPD using ODBC Connection

I'm trying to connect to the repository for OBIEE using an ODBC connection and the list of subject areas appears to load in Power BI, but I am unable to load any data into Power BI in order to make v...
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anitaberg's avatar
anitaberg
Helper I
8 years ago

Hi! Did anyone manage to get this working. Using Oracle BI Server ODBC connection and then displaying the tables after expanding a subject area?

 

I have installed a complete Oracle OBIEE test environment on my PC. The last step is to get this to work. The workaround

 

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

 

is not a good workaround in a self service perspective, the main goal would be for user to see available subject areas and then see the available tables to connect to.

 

 

alexrz's avatar
alexrz
Regular Visitor
8 years ago

I anm trying to run that script from Advanced Options => SQL Statement:

 

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

 

But receive Unable to Connect error: Details: "ODBC: ERROR [HY000] [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred.
[nQSError: 43113] Message returned from OBIS.
[nQSError: 27002] Near <Source>: Syntax error [nQSError: 26012] .
"

Please advise

  • anitaberg's avatar
    anitaberg
    Helper I
    8 years ago

    Hi! I spent a lot of time struggling to get everything around Oracle to work. One thing that was not obvious was that Microsoft for example did not like the syntax of tnsnames.ora file, It wanted the syntax there exactly as in example on microsoft documentation.

     

    Also I made sure I tested user access and roles in SQL Developer before using it i Power BI.

    • alexrz's avatar
      alexrz
      Regular Visitor
      8 years ago

      Thank you to your responce: but I have all the necessary connections and roles. I added this script trying to fix the problem that is the main subject all this long discussion: When I open OBIEE RPD in PowerBI - I cannot drill off a Subject Level. I can use Select query as a data source & Power BI  run it (i.e it finds all the necessary tables & columns from the physical Model) , but when open RPD itself I cannot click and expand any subject area.

      This topic is discussed and somebody earlier  suggested to add script

       

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

       

       to the Advanced Connection: I added it to the SQL Box of Advane Option and got connection error. So my question was : Have I added it to the proper place and if so - what may be wrong?

      Appreciate any help

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        7 years ago

        This thread seems to have died  ....

        To be clear. This is for the OBIEE BI Server ODBC connection not the Oracle DB connection.

         

        The BI Server hosts a meta data model over one or more physiucal data stores eg DBs, Excel, WS, etc. The ODBC driver provides a SQL interface that model.

         

        We can use the driver to execute logical SQL against the BI Server model. However, what is more desirable is to be able to select 'tables' from the model and load those into PBI. As has been noted elsewhere, we can see all of the subject areas in the model when we just connect to the BI Server ie no SQL in the Advanced box. But we can not see any lower to be able to select whole tables.

         

        Using the Advanced editor script noted in other posts with the Dec 2018 release.

        I can see all the meta data about the tables in the model. 

        There is a table column. If Iselect a specific row in the data set (for a given table) and then expand the table field. I then get all of the columns in that table. However, all I then get is a single row of data with null values.

         

        It would be good even if this process worked but its not. The desirable behaviour is to select whole tables in the UI.

         

        Thanks

         

        Tim