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Anonymous
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3 years ago

Integrating SAP with Power BI

As a business owner, I am seeking help from techies who have experience in integrating SAP with Power BI. I am particularly interested in understanding the best practices for connecting SAP data sources to Power BI, as well as the most effective ways to create reports and dashboards using Power BI.

Any advice, tips, or resources on this topic would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help.

 

 

 

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  • netanel's avatar
    netanel
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    3 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

    Hi, I managed to connect a variety of SAP tools
    To Power Bi
    From my experience, the easiest way is to connect through SQL Server
    SAP, like other systems, is built in such a way that it is very easy to extract a star Schema from it and easily build in the Power Bi dimensions and a Fact table
    If it is not a large connection, there is the export Excel to a folder and create a connection to the folder from Power Bi
    If something automatic is needed, I recommend a connection to SQL


    Good Luck

  • metrica's avatar
    metrica
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    1 month ago

    If your SAP source is S/4HANA and the required business data is available through OData, another option for Power BI reporting is Power BI Connector for SAP: https://www.sap.com/products/data-cloud/partners/metrica-software-inc-power-bi-connector-for-sap.html

     

    It lets you select SAP services, entities, fields, and source-side filters and provides Power BI with an OData endpoint.

    For reporting-only scenarios, this can avoid using Excel exports or building a separate SQL staging layer solely to feed Power BI.