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Eric Vogelpohl on 19 Dec 2014 12:16:37

Get data from Hyperion Essbase

Administrator on 13 Apr 2019 01:34:07

We're glad to let you know that this feature is now Generally Available. Please refer to the Power BI Desktop April release announcement for more details: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-april-2019-feature-summary/ Thanks for your feedback!

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d0c8a0d0 cacb-46d1-a6c6-9d28c4b56ea8 on 05 Jul 2020 23:42:24

RE: Hyperion ESSBASE

We succed to connect Essbase to PowerBI using a middleware tool that works with BSO and ASo, use substitution variables and keep all the advantages of the Essbase cubes. Its name is kShuttle. No needs to have a complex star schema export link Essbase Application Link does: Datas access are realtime from the cube, and it work with any size of database.

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c07cb23c ce29-4acb-802f-51f13d587d9d on 05 Jul 2020 23:42:05

RE: Hyperion ESSBASE

It would be very nice to have the feature to extract the dimensions by level or to transform them instantly as an Star Scheme.

Thank you for the beta!

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69093896 8205-440c-9af8-58af649bdf3a on 05 Jul 2020 23:40:17

RE: Hyperion ESSBASE

I fully agree with the previous comments. There is still a lot to achieve for this connector: performance, speed, ergonomics, MDX implementation, reasonable documentation
Currently it is too risk in productive environment.

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d199593d 2619-4f97-8c14-6122c1b55b1f on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:38

RE: Hyperion ESSBASE


Hi Miguel, I tested this connector beta on a BSO cube and it only works on small cubes. When I tried to use on large cubes it did not work even on BSO cubes. I am currently using ESSBASE version 11.1.2.4 and it does not even work on small cubes. Here I have several ESSBASE applications in version 11.1.2.4 and we adopted the PBI as presentation layer. Please help me.

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5fba2048 5be7-470b-bbf8-f027129b903d on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:38

RE: Hyperion ESSBASE

Hi, I tried using the connector and while I can connect to essbase server, Navigator screen only shows an empty folder and no applications\cubes listed. I am using the version downloaded 3 days ago, so I assume it would be the latest one (2.65.5313.1381 64-bit (December, 2018)). Has anyone else encountered this issue and found a fix?

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5fba2048 5be7-470b-bbf8-f027129b903d on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:38

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PS to my earlier comment, on our server we have combination of BSO and ASO cubes. None of them terribly large.

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4419b13b bb98-4704-8e78-b587c40d6ff1 on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:29

RE: Hyperion ESSBASE

Hi Miguel, are you planning to create a native integrator? I thought XMLA connector should work naturally. We are Hyperion implementation partners and we recently implemented hyperion at an organization where PowerBI is their enterpirse choice. I will update our findings in a few days after testing out XMLA option.

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532ce3ce c567-4504-86e3-75f951cbbd1d on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:41

RE: Hyperion ESSBASE

How can I get the URL for the Essbase Connection? I´ve got only the server and the Database.

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e81ed34c fd29-4cca-891f-99a502a643fa on 05 Jul 2020 23:37:49

RE: Hyperion ESSBASE

You have to use the URL http://server:19000/aps/XMLA, then you can login with one of your Hyperion logins, like admin.

It seems that I'm only able to see BSO cube metadata. When I connect to an ASO cube, it pulls back these long strings of numbers, instead of dimension names and members. Anyone know if Essbase ASO is supported in Power BI desktop?

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e354274d 9f99-4fb5-8443-127b2b7e7212 on 05 Jul 2020 23:37:45

RE: Hyperion ESSBASE

Has anyone successfully connected to Hyperion using this connector? We have tried with two sets of Hyperion credentials but have not been successful.