Connect to SAP BW

[barakb32]

Hello,

We have acustomer who is interested in connecting Power BI to SAP BW. They checked about it and found out that the connector costs money. I didn't find any reference to cost related to this connector. Is it so?

I also saw that you can build a dataflow that connects to SAP BW. 2 questions about this:

1. Does the online connector requires a paid component (other than Power BI Pro license)?

2. If I prefer to work with Power BI Desktop, can I create a dataflow and then use the dataflow as a source for Power BI Desktop - in order to avoid the need to install additional components on the development computer?

Thanks,

Barak

[edhans · Accepted solution]

No Power BI connector costs money. Just use the SAP Business Warehouse connection. If SAP requires licensing on the back end, then that is between you and your IT department and SAP. But you will need to install additional components. Power BI doesn't have the full connection properties. Many connectors are like this. Oracle is the same way. MS just provides a nice hook for SAP, Oracle, etc. vs requiring a full custom connector.