Power BI to SAP Connectivity

[@texmexdragon2160]

I am curious what the use case is if the company is using the Fiori apps that come with S4? They seem pretty powerful and I'm not sure what the advantage to using Power Bi would be?

[@SAPonAzure]

Absolutely. SAP Fiori apps are very powerful and SAP provides a lot of them out of the box. However, keep in mind that most of the SAP Fiori apps are transactional apps. Power BI is more like a "self service reporting". We see lots of end-users at customers using it to quickly create their own dashboards accessing SAP data with Power BI. - Holger.

[@texmexdragon2160]

@@SAPonAzure Ok, so as the lone Power Bi developer at my company, hopefully there is still some job security! Thanks for the quick reply.

[@maheshacharya6528]

Ross, Thanks for the great content, I am unable to reach to your PointDrive mentioned in the Q&A sheet. could you please provide the direct link. Regards, Mahesh

[@SAPonAzure]

Mahesh, you can download the slides from here github.com/hobru/SAPonAzure/blob/master/Presentations/Power%20BI%20Connectivity%20to%20SAP.pdf, - Holger.

[@himanshusharma1515]

Can we access SAP CDS views in Power BI? and How we can access them?

[@SAPonAzure]

CDS views can be exposed as OData services. I guess this would be the easiest way to access them from Power BI. - Holger.

[@marymwai4072]

can you bypass BW when sourcing data for power BI?

[@ericgonzalez3327]

Is it possible to connect power BI with SAP cobalt?