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SAP BW Connector
Hi everyone, Hoping you can help here. I'm trying to get a connection through to SAP BW from PowerBI using the in-built conector. I've succesfully managed to do this previously, using an older ve...
Well, i tried that also. but the issue is like this:
is it still due to incorrect configuration? I tried adding you in skype, bad luck. :smileyfrustrated:
One thing you can try in the meantime is to ask your SAP BASIS team to look into the parameters of the ACL on the SAP BW server. They can use transaction RZ11 to get to that. ACL = Access Control List. If your network is correctly set up and secured with Firewalls, etc.. then it should be safe to set the ACL so that it allows all. However this is done at your own risk. We are currently using our ACL like that and have never had any issues, however we have a large IT support environment and our network is extremely secure. Also ask the SAP BASIS team to look at the connection parameters you are entering on PowerBI to ensure the correct Instance Number, etc.. is being used.