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Pål Stenslet on 10 Nov 2015 16:53:01

There are a number of independent cube products that supports XMLA. Customers of these products are used to work with their cubes in Excel using the Analysis Services connector. The Power BI option for connecting to on-premises Analysis Services databases does not work with other products. Adding XMLA connectivity to Power BI would extend the reach of Power BI into the customer base of these independent cube products.

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cb13dc99 cd7e-499c-982f-c0af9ea2b6a0 on 06 Jul 2020 00:11:27

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'+1 this would allow many parts of the business to get involved.

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ae866b54 9ee2-4efd-95a5-4adb720f4061 on 06 Jul 2020 00:11:27

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'+1

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35985f75 4419-45e7-8301-38496e5d5ef7 on 06 Jul 2020 00:11:25

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'+1 this feature would be very useful

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e41c3b83 df13-4be2-a3e9-24967a4c5185 on 05 Jul 2020 23:45:14

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This was committed to as a March 2019 release feature by Microsoft on the Power BI roadmap and it has just disappeared ?

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9c5ee4b1 37c3-4fd1-b9dc-d241ab082db3 on 05 Jul 2020 23:30:33

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'+1, this feature is really needed

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54af24dd a429-44fe-ac3d-3f9f2272b76b on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:31

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This would potentially bring a lot of value to thousands companies using Atlassian Jira product as this plugin allows to connect to Jira via XMLA for analytics (please see link below). All those companies could use Power BI for analytics for their projects on Jira

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.kintosoft.jira.saiku.analytics.saiku-analytics-jira/server/overview

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243f027e 2e9e-4cf7-9714-ca1c238d0758 on 05 Jul 2020 23:13:54

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Yes, please

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ceb73ab4 b9d2-4935-ac91-cf3d035e7a33 on 05 Jul 2020 23:13:51

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It will be nice feature

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51d8380c 851d-4d65-8003-40b696b17857 on 05 Jul 2020 23:13:26

RE: Connect to any XMLA provider

I totally agree.
Considered writing a custom data connector, but that would take at least 3 months.
I think support of generic XMLA over HTTPS would be a great feature.

Alec

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:44:46

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Very useful in scenarios already realized with excel, e.g. to authenticate users in different domains through a STS SSO.