How to get data from TIBCO Data Virtualization into Microsoft Power BI ?

How to get data from TIBCO Data Virtualization into Microsoft Power BI ?

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Article ID: KB0070581

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TIBCO Data Virtualization All Supported versions

Description

This article illustrates the required steps to query data from TDV into Microsoft Power BI

Pre-requisites :
1. Published view in TDV Server
2. Power BI adapter to be downloaded from edelivery.tibco.com and installed as per instructions to install the Power BI Connector
3.  Defining ODBC Data Source Name (DSN)  to be configured to point to the TDV server as per instructions

Issue/Introduction

How to get data from TIBCO Data Virtualization(TDV) into Microsoft Power BI ?

Environment

Windows

Resolution

1. Launch Power BI Desktop and click on Get Data. 
2. Select TIBCO Data Virtualization Connector. Fill details of DSN configured in Pre-requisite 3 above . Choose appropriate advanced options and select  between Import (create local copy of Data) vs Direct Query (Realtime query) as appropriate for use case as illustrated below :

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3. Once the data is loaded into Power BI, create visualizations as required with TDV data fields available in the right hand pane of Power BI Desktop. 

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