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barakb32
Advocate I
5 years ago
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Connect to SAP BW

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 thi...
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  • edhans's avatar
    edhans
    5 years ago

    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.

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edhans
Community Champion
5 years ago

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.