My organisation requires connections to Teradata to use LDAP authentication. This option should be available in PowerBI. It was previously requested in Power Query but is not yet delivered: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/2c3c74a8-6ef9-4c34-8dec-83d21d041e39/how-to-connect-to-teradata-with-ldap-authentication-via-powerquery?forum=powerquery
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- gary_melnikNew MemberWould really like to use PowerBI but my company uses LDAP authentication for connections to Teradata warehouse. When will this capability be implemented. How about a workaround ?
- shunte_mcclellaNew MemberOur organization requires the same LDAP authentication due to the sensitivity rail road operations.
- rupsterman
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For Imported reports, you can use Teradata ODBC for Power BI Desktop and Gateway w/ DSN set with AuthMeth=LDAP as a 'stored/shared credential'. MS is working on LDAP support with Teradata connector (aka Teradata .NET), contact MS for status. - AvGeekFrequent VisitorAny update on this suggestion? The ODBC workaround suggested below is not feasible for very large data sets.
- zbynek_blechaNew MemberIs there any progress ? When will be possible to connect to Teradata using .NET provider with LDAP ?
- ye1New MemberNow that custom connectors are out, can this be patched to allow LDAP ? Or can MSFT publish the code for the community to take over and make some enhancements ? This is really a bottleneck if you wish to use DirectQuery as the workaround, using ODBC driver, does not allow DirectQuery. A real bummer when you have a 100M dataset...
- AJamesNew MemberNot having the LDAP connector is holding back our adoption of Power BI, it would be really good to have this sorted :-)
- anthony_rodrig1New MemberYup User Experience / Adoption is being impacted
- ye1New MemberThis was posted here too. https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Integrations-with-Files-and/Teradata-and-LDAP/m-p/34286/highlight/true#M3571 Any chance MSFT would publish the source code for the Teradata .NET connector ? The fix is actually straight-forward: enable the 'connection string' edit field available for other connectors and one can add any applicable parameter, in this case "...;Authentication Mechanism=LDAP"
- amshuklaFrequent VisitorI am not able to connect to Active directory with LDAP authentication.
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