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Microsoft Power BI Desktop

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Microsoft Power BI Desktop

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You can use the Elasticsearch ODBC driver to access Elasticsearch data from Microsoft Power BI Desktop.

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Prerequisites

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Data loading

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First, you’ll need to choose ODBC as the source to load data from. Once launched, click on the Get Data button (under Home tab), then on the More…​ button at the bottom of the list:

Get Data / More…​apps pbi fromodbc1

In the new opened window scroll at the bottom of the All list and select the ODBC entry, then click on the Connect button:

ODBC / Connectapps pbi fromodbc2

This will replace current window with a new From ODBC one, where you’ll have to select a previously configured DSN:

Choose a DSNapps pbi dsn

Once connected Power BI will read Elasticsearch’s catalog and offer the user a choice of tables (indices) to load data from. Clicking on one of the tables will load a preview of the data within:

Pick table to loadapps pbi picktable

Now tick the chosen table and click on the Load button. Power BI will now load and analyze the data, populating a list with the available columns. These can now be used to build the desired visualisation:

Visualize the dataapps pbi loaded

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