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ericjo
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8 months ago
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Power BI Connect to SAP t-code

I'm looking for a way to connect SAP t-code data to Power BI. I found a paid connector called DVW Connector, but it's not available due to regulatory restrictions. 1. Directly connecting Power BI a...
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  • rohit1991's avatar
    rohit1991
    8 months ago

    Hii ericjo 

     

    Power BI cannot connect directly to an SAP t-code because a t-code is only a front-end transaction, not a data source. Power BI can connect only to SAP backend data such as SAP tables, CDS views, BW queries, or HANA views.If direct access is not allowed, a workaround is using Power Automate Desktop to run the t-code, export data to Excel, save it to SharePoint/OneDrive, and then connect Power BI to that file but this is not recommended for enterprise use.

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cengizhanarslan
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8 months ago

Power BI cannot connect directly to an SAP t-code. A t-code is just a transaction UI, not a data source. You must connect to the underlying SAP data layer or extract the data first.

 

Best option would be connecting Power BI to SAP data sources (not t-codes).

Depending on your SAP landscape:

SAP ECC

  • SAP ERP Connector (tables, function modules)

  • SAP BW Connector (recommended if BW exists)

  • SAP OData services (if exposed)

SAP S/4HANA

  • SAP HANA Connector

  • OData / CDS Views (best modern option)

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ericjo
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8 months ago

Thank you for sharing the various methods. I should have mentioned this in the main text, but there's a rule that prevents direct connection to the original SAP data. I was looking for a way to connect using the provided t-code. Using BW would have been ideal, but I'm not currently using BW, so I'll have to look into other methods.