SQL, Mac, and Power BI

[S3]

Hello everyone, 

Due to the huge Data set I have and the many manipulation steps I have to do, I have to move the first steps from Power BI and to an SQL Server. 

However, because I'm using Mac, the SSMS doesn't work. I then found a solution to use DBeaver. 

Is there a way to connect DBeaver to Power BI without having to pay for the solution?

Thank you

[v-rzhou-msft]

Hi @S3 ,

As far as I know, DBeaver should be a third party tool which need us to pay. You can refer to below blog to learn more details about the data source Power BI supports.

For reference:

Power BI data sources

Here I suggest you to try ODBC connection to get data from SQL Server in Power BI.

For reference:

Importing SQL Server Data into Power BI Through an ODBC Connection

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

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[S3]

Hello @v-rzhou-msft ,

Thank you for your reply. 

All I want is to use an SQL Server with my Mac (for Data manipulation) and then connect it to Power BI to create Dashboards. 

The biggest obstacle is that I have a Mac and I can't change it now. The SSMS isn't downloading on my Parallels Virtual Machine because I have an M1 Chip..

[gauravsharma955]

Did your issue get resolved? I am having the same problem. 

Tried everything but didn't worked.