Connecting PowerBI to TDV Using ODBC

Connecting to TDV Server through PowerBI varies depending on the development tool used to develop your client application. Typically, all you need to do is install and use ODBC to establish the connection.

These instructions are included as a guideline; your system and the necessary steps might vary. Refer to your development tool documentation and perform thorough testing of your system after establishing the connection between TDV Server and PowerBI.

PowerBI connects to TDV through the TDV ODBC driver.

For example, you can design a Composite view to use CAST functions to get the following conversion functions to provide the results you want in Tableau:

• DATE	• DATETIME	• FLOAT
• INT	• STR	•

To connect PowerBI to TDV using an ODBC driver

1.

Install the TDV ODBC driver on the same system as the PowerBI machine.

2.

Make sure you have a DSN defined for TDV. For more information, see Adding a New System DSN.

3.

Launch PowerBI and login.

4.

Click Get Data > Type “ODBC” in filter box.

5.

Select ODBC.

6.

From the ODBC DSN drop-down list, select the DSN created in Step 2.

7.

Provide credentials to log in to TDV.

Resources and data published through TDV should be viewable through your PowerBI client.

For example, using the PowerBI client, you can select a TDV published table and click on Load to view data.