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C_Bricker's avatar
C_Bricker
New Member
10 years ago

Get key instead of text from SAP BW Cube

Hi All.   I'm using PBI to get data from SAP BW InfoCubes.  In my cubes, most characteristics have both a key value and a text value.  When I bring the data into PBI, only the text value is importe...
  • jansb000's avatar
    jansb000
    Regular Visitor
    10 years ago

    This means that we can not combine SAP BW data with data from other sources. Relations between tables are always made with ID fields. This is really a big problem for us.

    • Blombak's avatar
      Blombak
      Regular Visitor
      10 years ago

      Also stuck with this problem. Anyone know of a work around ?

      • vrossouw's avatar
        vrossouw
        Icon for Helper III rankHelper III
        10 years ago

        Power BI developers, we need the SAP BW Key to be available please.  Is it possible to include the fix in the next Upgrade?

        We can't use SAP BW at all at this point, because we need the Key to be available.