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KelvinGB1
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11 years ago
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Has anyone successfully connected Power BI to a Business Objects Universe

Has anyone successfully connected Power BI to a Business Objects Universe and is there anything I need to be aware of.   Any hints or tips would be greatfully received.
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    andre
    11 years ago

    Here is what you need to know at high level about the limitations of Business Objects Connector for Power BI.

     

    http://businessintelligist.com/2014/03/12/what-is-the-microsoft-power-bi-connector-for-sap/

     

    You should not need the Personal Gateway to be able to use the connector.  The Personal Gateway's job is to enable refresh of datasets that have been already published to PowerBI.com

     

    Also, right not these are the supported on premise data sources, and Business Objects is not on the list:

    • SQL Server
    • Oracle
    • Teradata
    • IBM DB2
    • PostgreSQL
    • Sybase
    • MySQL
    • SharePoint List (on-premises)
    • File (CSV, XML, Text, Excel, Access)
    • On-premises SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular models (uploaded data; not live connections)
    • Folder
    • Custom SQL/native SQL
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KelvinGB1
Regular Visitor
11 years ago

Not sure if it's a lack of knowledge that prevents them from opening up their systems, or that they are just trying to cling on to the "Good Old Days" where it was virtually impossible to get applications to talk to each other. Anyone else remember Biztalk.........(Could be another topic).