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oracle1980
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10 years ago

oracle pipeline query

Hello,

 

Today morning for the first time I installed powerbi, I  have to get data from Oracle pipelined package, logged into oracle schema, I have the following questions 

 

 1. when i login to oracle, it shows only tables and views, can I not see packages and procedures too ?

 

2. how can I give a pipeline query to load the data into the powerbi desktop ? 

 

3. Can we drag / drop columns in powerbi ? can we move columns around in powerbi (as we can in discoverer )?

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  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    Community Champion

    I'm not super familiar with Oracle, but believe I can answer your questions. 

     

    1. Yes, the Navigator only shows tables and views, at least that is all I have ever seen in it for various different databases

    2. You can enter queries using the "Advanced options" features of the connector (see image below)

    3. Yes, in the Query Editor you can drag and drop columns to reorder them

     

  • Eric_Zhang's avatar
    Eric_Zhang
    Microsoft Employee

    oracle1980 wrote:

    Hello,

     

    Today morning for the first time I installed powerbi, I  have to get data from Oracle pipelined package, logged into oracle schema, I have the following questions 

     

     1. when i login to oracle, it shows only tables and views, can I not see packages and procedures too ?

     

    2. how can I give a pipeline query to load the data into the powerbi desktop ? 

     

    3. Can we drag / drop columns in powerbi ? can we move columns around in powerbi (as we can in discoverer )?


     

    Greg_Deckler

    Actually at least for SQL Server database, both table-valued and scalar functions are listed.

     

    oracle1980

    I don't find the functions listed when connecting to Oracle in Power BI desktop. If "a pipeline query" refers to Oracle Pipelined Table Functions, you can set up a query as below.

     

    • oracle1980's avatar
      oracle1980
      New Member

      correct, that is what i am using, pipeline table functions

       

      Unable to Connect

       

      We encountered an error while trying to connect,

       

      however, i get ORA-00911 - invalid character, 

       

       

      • Greg_Deckler's avatar
        Greg_Deckler
        Community Champion

        I would turn on Tracing in the Desktop (File | Options and settings | Options | Diagnostics) and then try to connect and then send a frown. The Power BI folks might be able to isolate the issue from the trace logs.