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ddean
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9 years ago
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Is there a way to Get an ISAM database into PowerBI?

We have some legacy applications that are still using ISAM databases is there a way to bring ISAM databases into PowerBI?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Hi ddean,

    I am not familar with ISAM database. Based on my research, we are not able to directly connect to ISAM database from Power BI.

    However, if you can find ISAM ODBC driver, you can consider to create a  ODBC data source for the ISAM database, then connect to the ODBC data source from Power BI Desktop using ODBC entry as shown in the following screenshot.



    Thanks,
    Lydia Zhang

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  • ddean's avatar
    ddean
    Regular Visitor
    9 years ago

    We have some legacy applications that are still using ISAM databases is there a way to bring ISAM databases into PowerBI?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    9 years ago

    Hi ddean,

    I am not familar with ISAM database. Based on my research, we are not able to directly connect to ISAM database from Power BI.

    However, if you can find ISAM ODBC driver, you can consider to create a  ODBC data source for the ISAM database, then connect to the ODBC data source from Power BI Desktop using ODBC entry as shown in the following screenshot.



    Thanks,
    Lydia Zhang

    • ddean's avatar
      ddean
      Regular Visitor
      9 years ago

      We are looking into it. Thank you for your information.

      • geertvanzoest's avatar
        geertvanzoest
        New Member
        6 years ago

        I'm curious, did you manage do get your ancient ISAM data into Power BI?

         

        Asking for a friend... *cough* 🙄