Visualize Live Greenplum Data in Power BI (via CData Connect AI)

Power BI transforms your company's data into rich visuals for you to collect and organize so you can focus on what matters to you. When paired with CData Connect AI, you get access to Greenplum data for visualizations, dashboards, and more. This article shows how to use CData Connect to create a live connection to Greenplum, connect to Greenplum data from Power BI and then create reports on Greenplum data in Power BI.

Configure Greenplum Connectivity for Power BI

Connectivity to Greenplum from Power BI is made possible through CData Connect AI. To work with Greenplum data from Power BI, we start by creating and configuring a Greenplum connection.

1. Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection
👁 Adding a Connection

2. Select "Greenplum" from the Add Connection panel
👁 Selecting a data source

3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Greenplum.

   To connect to Greenplum, set the Server, Port (the default port is 5432), and Database connection properties and set the User and Password you wish to use to authenticate to the server. If the Database property is not specified, the default database for the authenticate user is used.

   👁 Configuring a connection (Salesforce is shown)
   
4. Click Save & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Greenplum Connection page and update the User-based permissions. 👁 Updating permissions
   

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Greenplum data from Power BI.

Query Greenplum Tables

Follow the steps below to build a query to pull Greenplum data into the report:

1. Open Power BI Desktop and click Get Data -> Online Services -> CData Connect AI and click "Connect"
2. Click "Sign in" and authenticate with your CData Connect AI account 👁 Authenticating with Connect AI
   
3. After signing in, click "Connect" 👁 Connecting to Connect AI
   
4. Select tables in the Navigator dialog 👁 The available tables. (Salesforce tables are shown)
   
5. Click Load to establish the connection to your Greenplum data from Power BI

Create Greenplum Data Visualizations

After connecting to the data into Power BI, you can create data visualizations in the Report view by dragging fields from the Fields pane onto the canvas. Select the dimensions and measures you wish to visualize along with the chart type.

Click Refresh to synchronize your report with any changes to the data.

Live Access to Greenplum Data from Data Applications

With CData Connect AI you have a direct connection to Greenplum data from Power BI. You can import more data, create new visualizations, build reports, and more — all without replicating Greenplum data.

To get SQL data access to hundreds of SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources (including Greenplum) directly from your on-premise BI, reporting, ETL and other data applications, visit the CData Connect AI page and start a free trial.