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    ScottC on 11 Feb 2016 10:43:56

    All of the current Ideas that mention SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe integration are marked as completed as this feature was offered pre June/July release. This is nearly a critical requirement for adoption in my organization.

    I had previously heard that this was removed due to licencing restrictions, can we get an official response on that? Is there any possibility of this being re-integrated?

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    67d7c700 bce9-49f4-a69b-d394146fffd6 on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:51

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    Definitely need a connector to SAP BO Universes

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    9cf9f7f7 d2a1-4c7a-b985-942f1fb0dd00 on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:50

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    We should have an option to connect SAP BO with power BI

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    Greg Koepke on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:36

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    '++ Moving up importance!

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    e18056d8 a20a-4d16-b49c-aec37d9aeb68 on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:18

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    I think you have to contact SAP / BO for this first.
    they have to support MDX or DAX query languages first.
    so they have to implement an OLEDB for OLAP driver for example.
    because the BO system is proprietary and do not use any standard we can see in other products (like SAP HANA, Hyperion, SSAS....)

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    b3604bd4 4f33-49e1-82ed-271326d0c9e0 on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:17

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    '@Jerome, not quite true. (1) SAP BO has a web API that MS could talk to, and (2) MS already had a BO universe integration in the past, with Power Query or Power Pivot, I forget. It was removed in Office 2016.

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    142b6abf e60f-4543-9a6b-2ed7705d39e9 on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:15

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    The only thing that is keeping us away from using Power BI is the connectivity with BO Universe. We are using BO as our reporting tool and really want to introduce Power BI as our dashboard tool.

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    f3f547ff 17ab-4e28-9d71-94705abbdca2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:13:25

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    Definitely needed this option, otherwise have to do all of the ETL again and maintain two versions, which is not a viable solution

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    2ffcd0bb 5748-4372-9a53-f806110f11ea on 05 Jul 2020 23:13:19

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    Yeah... so we have many SAP universes. We're looking to connect to Power BI, but don't want to have to build an entire SQL Server Data Warehouse JUST to connect to Power BI. Is there any solution in sight?

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    b33a9ef0 89a2-41cc-9a3c-06f4451ed3a4 on 05 Jul 2020 23:12:23

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    Definitely would like to see SAP BO Universes directly supported. We're a Business Objects shop.

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    6d2ab990 7755-4b9c-b3f1-5b6a71cff804 on 05 Jul 2020 23:12:01

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    Having a SAP BO Universe Connector in Power BI will be very helpful. Please consider this request.