SSRS Power BI Connector In this article you will learn how to integrate Power BI data to SSRS without coding in just a few clicks (live / bi-directional connection to Power BI). Connect to your Power BI account and retrieve data, refresh datasets, etc.. Using Power BI Connector you will be able to connect, read, and write data from within SSRS. Follow the steps below to see how we would accomplish that. Download  Help File  Buy  Driver mentioned in this article is part of ODBC PowerPack which is a collection of high-performance Drivers for various API data source (i.e. REST API, JSON, XML, CSV, Amazon S3 and many more). Using familiar SQL query language you can make live connections and read/write data from API sources or JSON / XML / CSV Files inside SQL Server (T-SQL) or your favorite Reporting (i.e. Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, SSRS, MicroStrategy, Excel, MS Access), ETL Tools (i.e. Informatica, Talend, Pentaho, SSIS). You can also call our drivers from programming languages such as JAVA, C#, Python, PowerShell etc. If you are new to ODBC and ZappySys ODBC PowerPack then check the following links to get started. ODBC PowerPack - System Requirements and Installation Getting Started - Using ODBC PowerPack ODBC API Driver Help File

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Video Tutorial - Integrate Power BI data in SSRS

This video covers following and more so watch carefully. After watching this video follow the steps described in this article.

• How to download / install required driver for Power BI integration in SSRS
• How to configure connection for Power BI
• Features about API Driver (Authentication / Query Language / Examples / Driver UI)
• Using Power BI Connection in SSRS

Create Data Source in ZappySys Data Gateway based on ZappySys API Driver

1. Download and install ZappySys ODBC PowerPack.

2. Search for gateway in start menu and Open ZappySys Data Gateway:
   

3. Go to Users Tab to add our first Gateway user. Click Add; we will give it a name tdsuser and enter password you like to give. Check Admin option and click OK to save. We will use these details later when we create linked server:
   

4. Now we are ready to add a data source. Click Add, give data source a name (Copy this name somewhere, we will need it later) and then select Native - ZappySys API Driver. Finally, click OK. And it will create the Data Set for it and open the ZS driver UI.

   PowerBiDSN

   
   

5. When the Configuration window appears give your data source a name if you haven't done that already, then select "Power BI" from the list of Popular Connectors. If "Power BI" is not present in the list, then click "Search Online" and download it. Then set the path to the location where you downloaded it. Finally, click Continue >> to proceed with configuring the DSN:

   PowerBiDSN

   Power BI

   

6. Now it's time to configure the Connection Manager. Select Authentication Type, e.g. Token Authentication. Then select API Base URL (in most cases, the default one is the right one). More info is available in the Authentication section.

    User Credentials [OAuth]

   OAuth App must be created in Microsoft Azure AD. These settings typically found here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/auth-register-app-v2. [API Help..]

   Steps to get Power BI Credentials : User Credentials [OAuth]
   

   Firstly, login into Azure Portal and there create an OAuth application:

   1. Go to Azure Portal and login there.
   2. Then go to Azure Active Directory.
   3. On the left side click menu item App registrations
   4. Then proceed with clicking New registration.
   5. Enter a name for your application.
   6. Select the account types to support with the Supported account types option.
   7. In Redirect URI, select Web.
   8. In the textbox enter https://zappysys.com/oauth as the Redirect URI or another valid redirect URL.
   9. Use this same Redirect URI in the Redirect URI (must match App Redirect URL) grid row.
   10. Copy Client ID and paste it into the API Connection Manager configuration grid in the Client ID row.
   11. Click on the Endpoints link and copy the OAuth 2.0 authorization endpoint (v2) URL to the Authorization URL grid row. Usually it looks similar to this:
       • https://login.microsoftonline.com/daed1250-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-ef0a982d3d1e/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
   12. Copy the OAuth 2.0 token endpoint (v2) URL to the Token URL grid row. Usually it looks similar to this:
       • https://login.microsoftonline.com/daed1250-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-ef0a982d3d1e/oauth2/v2.0/token
   13. Close "Endpoints" popup and create a Client Secret in the Certificates & secrets tab.
   14. Proceed by clicking New client secret and setting expiration period. Copy the client secret and paste it into configuration grid in Client Secret row.
   15. Now lets setup permissions for the app. Click on API Permissions and on the page click Plus Sign Add Permission
   16. Click on Microsoft Graph API and then choose Delegated Permissions
   17. on Permission list page search or choose permissions as needed. We need to enable following Permissions from 2 Sections: Microsoft Graph API and Power BI Service.
   18. Make sure you have checked below permissions (If you do not need Write feature then you can skip Write scopes)

       offline_access
       Dataset.ReadWrite.All
       

   19. Click Generate Token to generate tokens.
   20. That's it!

   Fill in all required parameters and set optional parameters if needed:

   PowerBiDSN

   Power BI

   User Credentials [OAuth]

   https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg

   Required Parameters
   Authorization URL	Fill in the parameter...
   Token URL	Fill in the parameter...
   Client ID	Fill in the parameter...
   Scope	Fill in the parameter...
   Default DatasetId (select after generating tokens)	Fill in the parameter...
   Optional Parameters
   Client Secret	Fill in the parameter...
   Redirect URI (must match App Redirect URI)	Fill in the parameter...
   Default WorkspaceId (select after generating tokens)	Fill in the parameter...
   RetryMode	Fill in the parameter...
   RetryStatusCodeList	Fill in the parameter...
   RetryCountMax	Fill in the parameter...
   RetryWaitTimeMs	Fill in the parameter...
   RetryMultiplyWaitTime	Fill in the parameter...
   Login options	Fill in the parameter...

   

7. Once the data source has been configured, you can preview data. Select the Preview tab and use settings similar to the following to preview data:
   

8. Click OK to finish creating the data source.

Read data in SSRS from ZappySys Data Gateway

1. Open Visual Studio and create a new SSRS project
2. Then add a new Shared Data Source (you can create a non-shared data source inside report too):
3. Continue with creating the Shared Data Source. Select Microsoft SQL Server as Type and hit Build button to proceed further:
4. Once a window opens, configure it similarly. Configure "PowerBiDSN" as database name. Finally, hit Test Connection and OK:
   PowerBiDSN

   
5. Another window opens, and it should look similarly to this one below which ends the creation of a Data Source:
6. Now it's time to create a Dataset. If you don't have a report created, in one of the wizard's steps it will look like this:
7. If you did not follow through report's creation wizard and already had report created, you can simply add a new dataset:
8. Finally, once you complete the report, similar results show up:

Passing Parameters to SSRS Report / Filter data

Create Custom Store Procedure in ZappySys Driver

You can create procedures to encapsulate custom logic and then only pass handful parameters rather than long SQL to execute your API call.

Steps to create Custom Store Procedure in ZappySys Driver. You can insert Placeholders anywhere inside Procedure Body. Read more about placeholders here

1. Go to Custom Objects Tab and Click on Add button and Select Add Procedure:
   

2. Enter the desired Procedure name and click on OK:
   

3. Select the created Store Procedure and write the your desired store procedure and Save it and it will create the custom store procedure in the ZappySys Driver:
   Here is an example stored procedure for ZappySys Driver. You can insert Placeholders anywhere inside Procedure Body. Read more about placeholders here
   

   CREATE PROCEDURE [usp_get_orders]
       @fromdate = '<<yyyy-MM-dd,FUN_TODAY>>'
    AS
       SELECT * FROM Orders where OrderDate >= '<@fromdate>';
   

   
   

4. That's it now go to Preview Tab and Execute your Store Procedure using Exec Command. In this example it will extract the orders from the date 1996-01-01:
   

   Exec usp_get_orders '1996-01-01';

   
   

5. Let's generate the SQL Server Query Code to make the API call using store procedure. Go to Code Generator Tab, select language as SQL Server and click on Generate button the generate the code.
   As we already created the linked server for this Data Source, in that you just need to copy the Select Query and need to use the linked server name which we have apply on the place of [MY_API_SERVICE] placeholder.
   

   SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([MY_API_SERVICE], 'EXEC usp_get_orders @fromdate=''1996-07-30''')

   
   

6. Now go to SQL served and execute that query and it will make the API call using store procedure and provide you the response.
   

Create Custom Virtual Table in ZappySys Driver

ZappySys API Drivers support flexible Query language so you can override Default Properties you configured on Data Source such as URL, Body. This way you don't have to create multiple Data Sources if you like to read data from multiple EndPoints. However not every application support supplying custom SQL to driver so you can only select Table from list returned from driver.

If you're dealing with Microsoft Access and need to import data from an SQL query, it's important to note that Access doesn't allow direct import of SQL queries. Instead, you can create custom objects (Virtual Tables) to handle the import process.

Many applications like MS Access, Informatica Designer wont give you option to specify custom SQL when you import Objects. In such case Virtual Table is very useful. You can create many Virtual Tables on the same Data Source (e.g. If you have 50 URLs with slight variations you can create virtual tables with just URL as Parameter setting.

1. Go to Custom Objects Tab and Click on Add button and Select Add Table:
   

2. Enter the desired Table name and click on OK:
   

3. And it will open the New Query Window Click on Cancel to close that window and go to Custom Objects Tab.

4. Select the created table, Select Text Type AS SQL and write the your desired SQL Query and Save it and it will create the custom table in the ZappySys Driver:
   Here is an example SQL query for ZappySys Driver. You can insert Placeholders also. Read more about placeholders here
   

   SELECT
     "ShipCountry",
     "OrderID",
     "CustomerID",
     "EmployeeID",
     "OrderDate",
     "RequiredDate",
     "ShippedDate",
     "ShipVia",
     "Freight",
     "ShipName",
     "ShipAddress",
     "ShipCity",
     "ShipRegion",
     "ShipPostalCode"
   FROM "Orders"
   Where "ShipCountry"='USA'

   
   

5. That's it now go to Preview Tab and Execute your custom virtual table query. In this example it will extract the orders for the USA Shipping Country only:
   

   SELECT * FROM "vt__usa_orders_only"

   
   

6. Let's generate the SQL Server Query Code to make the API call using store procedure. Go to Code Generator Tab, select language as SQL Server and click on Generate button the generate the code.
   As we already created the linked server for this Data Source, in that you just need to copy the Select Query and need to use the linked server name which we have apply on the place of [MY_API_SERVICE] placeholder.
   

   SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([MY_API_SERVICE], 'EXEC [usp_get_orders] ''1996-01-01''')

   
   

7. Now go to SQL served and execute that query and it will make the API call using store procedure and provide you the response.
   

Conclusion

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Power BI Connector Examples for SSRS Connection

This page offers a collection of SQL examples designed for seamless integration with the ZappySys API ODBC Driver under ODBC Data Source (36/64) or ZappySys Data Gateway, enhancing your ability to connect and interact with Prebuilt Connectors effectively.

SELECT * 
FROM Workspaces

SELECT * 
FROM Workspaces
WHERE Id='aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee'

SELECT * 
FROM Datasets

SELECT * 
FROM Datasets
WITH (WorkspaceId = 'aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee')

SELECT * 
FROM Datasets
WHERE Id='aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee'

SELECT * 
FROM create_push_dataset
WITH (Definition='{
  "name": "My Push Dataset Name",
  "defaultMode": "Push",
  "tables": [
	{
      "name": "Products",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "Id",
          "dataType": "Int64"
        },
        {
          "name": "Name",
          "dataType": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "Category",
          "dataType": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "IsComplete",
          "dataType": "bool"
        },
        {
          "name": "ManufacturedOn",
          "dataType": "DateTime"
        },
        {
          "name": "Sales",
          "dataType": "Int64",
          "formatString": "Currency"
        },        
        {
          "name": "Price",
          "dataType": "Double",
          "formatString": "Currency"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}'
)

-- More info on creating a Push Dataset:
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/push-datasets/datasets-post-dataset

SELECT * 
FROM create_push_dataset
WITH (Definition='{
  "name": "My Push Dataset Name",
  "defaultMode": "Push",
  "tables": [
     {
      "name": "Customers",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "Id",
          "dataType": "Int64"
        },
        {
          "name": "Name",
          "dataType": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
	{
      "name": "Products",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "Id",
          "dataType": "Int64"
        },
        {
          "name": "Name",
          "dataType": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "Category",
          "dataType": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "IsComplete",
          "dataType": "bool"
        },
        {
          "name": "ManufacturedOn",
          "dataType": "DateTime"
        },
        {
          "name": "Sales",
          "dataType": "Int64",
          "formatString": "Currency"
        },        
        {
          "name": "Price",
          "dataType": "Double",
          "formatString": "Currency"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}'
)

-- More info on creating a Push Dataset:
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/push-datasets/datasets-post-dataset

SELECT *
FROM delete_dataset
WHERE Id = 'aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee'

-- More info on deleting a Dataset:
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/datasets/delete-dataset

SELECT *
FROM refresh_dataset
WHERE Id = 'aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee'
                
-- More info on refreshing a Dataset:
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/datasets/refresh-dataset

SELECT * 
FROM get_tables

SELECT * 
FROM get_tables
WITH (DatasetId='aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee')

SELECT * 
FROM get_table_columns
WITH (TableName='MyTable')

SELECT * 
FROM get_table_columns
WITH (TableName='MyTable',
      DatasetId='aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee')

SELECT * 
FROM MyTable

SELECT *
FROM get_table_rows
WITH(
	  "TableName"='Products'
	, "DatasetId"='11b6c287-51d3-4061-bed8-811a4e5f6ce9'
	, "WorkspaceId"='848353e2-f3b1-4fb4-89d7-44e84b8bdf9f'
)

INSERT INTO Products 
SOURCE(
  'MSSQL',
  'Data Source=localhost\developer;Initial Catalog=Northwind;Integrated Security=true',
  '  SELECT T.* FROM (       SELECT  TOP 50                
      ProductName AS [Name]              
      ,C.CategoryName AS Category              
      ,Discontinued AS IsComplete              
      ,GETDATE() AS ManufacturedOn              
      ,CAST(UnitPrice * ReOrderLevel * 100 AS BIGINT) AS Sales              
      ,CAST(UnitPrice AS DECIMAL) AS Price       
      FROM Northwind.dbo.Products AS P       
      JOIN Northwind.dbo.Categories C ON P.CategoryId = P.CategoryId       
      ) AS T              
      CROSS JOIN GENERATE_SERIES(1, 2000)             
      -- COMMENT:  50 x 2000 = 100 000 rows  
   '
) 
CONNECTION(
  Parameters = '[{ Name: "TokenUrl",Value:"https://login.microsoftonline.com/organizations/oauth2/v2.0/token"}                         
  ,{ Name: "DatasetId",Value: "6a0e04da-a6e4-4533-abe4-30fcabd0e2a5"},                      
  { Name: "WorkspaceId",Value: "848353e2-f3b1-4fb4-89d7-44e84b8bdf9f"}]'
)

INSERT INTO MyTable(MyColumn1, MyColumn2, MyColumn3, MyColumn4, MyColumn5)
VALUES (1001, 'Glass', true, '2001-02-03', 195.95)

INSERT INTO MyTable(MyColumn1, MyColumn2, MyColumn3, MyColumn4, MyColumn5)
VALUES (1001, 'Glass', true, '2001-02-03', 195.95)
WITH (DatasetId='aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee')

SELECT * 
FROM get_table_rows 
WITH (TableName='MyTable')

SELECT * 
FROM get_table_rows 
WITH (TableName='MyTable', DatasetId='aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee')

SELECT *
FROM truncate_push_dataset_table
WITH (TableName='MyTable')
                
-- More info on truncating a Push Dataset Table:
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/push-datasets/datasets-delete-rows

SELECT *
FROM truncate_push_dataset_table
WITH (DatasetId='aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee', TableName='MyTable')
                
-- More info on truncating a Push Dataset Table:
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/push-datasets/datasets-delete-rows

SELECT * 
FROM execute_dax_query
WITH (Query='EVALUATE ''MyTable''')

-- More info on 'EVALUATE' statement and DAX queries:
-- https://dax.guide/st/evaluate/
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/dax-queries
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/filter-functions-dax
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/dax-syntax-reference

SELECT * 
FROM execute_dax_query 
WITH (Query='EVALUATE FILTER(''MyTable'', [MyColumn] = "MyValue"')

-- More info on 'EVALUATE' statement and DAX queries:
-- https://dax.guide/st/evaluate/
-- https://dax.guide/filter/
-- https://dax.guide/operators/
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/dax-queries
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/dax-syntax-reference

SELECT * 
FROM execute_dax_query 
WITH (Query='EVALUATE FILTER(''MyTable'', [MyColumn1] = "MyValue" && ([MyColumn2] > 0 || [MyColumn3] <= 1000))')

-- More info on 'EVALUATE' statement and DAX queries:
-- https://dax.guide/operators/
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/dax-queries
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/dax-syntax-reference

SELECT * 
FROM execute_dax_query
WITH (Query='EVALUATE 
             SELECTCOLUMNS (
                ''MyTable'',
                "MyColumn1 alias", [MyColumn1],
                "MyColumn2 alias", [MyColumn2]
             )
             ORDER BY "MyColumn2 alias"'
    )
    
-- More info on 'EVALUATE' statement and DAX queries:
-- https://dax.guide/st/evaluate/
-- https://dax.guide/selectcolumns/   
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/dax-queries
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/dax-syntax-reference

SELECT * 
FROM execute_dax_query
WITH (Query='EVALUATE 
             TOPN(1000, ''MyTable'', [MyColumnOrExpression], ASC)')

-- More info on 'EVALUATE' statement and DAX queries:
-- https://dax.guide/st/evaluate/
-- https://dax.guide/topn/
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/dax-queries
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/dax-syntax-reference

SELECT * 
FROM execute_dax_query
WITH (Query='
DEFINE
    VAR MinimumAmount = 2000000
    VAR MaximumAmount = 8000000
EVALUATE
FILTER (
    ADDCOLUMNS (
        SUMMARIZE (Sales, Products[Category]),
        "CategoryAmount", [Sales Amount]
    ),
    AND (
        [CategoryAmount] <= MinimumAmount,
        [CategoryAmount] >= MaximumAmount
    )
)
ORDER BY [CategoryAmount]"')

-- More info on 'EVALUATE' statement and DAX queries:
-- https://dax.guide/st/evaluate/
-- https://dax.guide/addcolumns/
-- https://dax.guide/summarize/
-- https://dax.guide/st/order-by/
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/dax-queries
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/filter-functions-dax
-- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/dax-syntax-reference

SELECT * 
FROM generic_request
WITH (Url='/groups',
Filter='$.value[*]')


/*
EXPLANATION:
- This configuration calls Power BI REST API "Get Groups" endpoint and gets the Workspaces back.
- This is achieved by "/groups" value in the "Url" parameter.
- The SQL query parameter "Filter" uses JsonPath "$.value[*]".
- This gets JSON objects from "value" array and transforms them into SQL rows.

MORE INFORMATION:
- About "Get Groups" REST API endpoint:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/groups/get-groups
- About JsonPath used in "Filter" parameter:
  https://zappysys.com/blog/jsonpath-examples-expression-cheetsheet  
*/

SELECT * 
FROM generic_request
WITH (Url='/groups?$filter=contains(name,''MyWorkspace'') or name eq ''My Blue Workspace''',
Filter='$.value[*]')


/*
EXPLANATION:
- This configuration calls Power BI REST API "Get Groups" endpoint and gets the Workspaces back.
- This is achieved by "/groups" value in the "Url" parameter.
- Workspaces are filtered on the Power BI REST API side by using the "$filter" URL parameter.
- Only those Workspaces are returned that:
  > contain a string value "MyWorkspace" or
  > if the Workspace name is "My Blue Workspace" (each single quote is escaped with two single quotes).
- The SQL query parameter "Filter" uses JsonPath "$.value[*]".
- This gets JSON objects from "value" array and transforms them into SQL rows.

MORE INFORMATION:
- About "Get Groups" REST API endpoint:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/groups/get-groups
- About JsonPath used in "Filter" parameter:
  https://zappysys.com/blog/jsonpath-examples-expression-cheetsheet  
*/

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