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    SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

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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?

    Administrator on 07 Dec 2020 22:45:41

    Unfortunately, the Business Objects connector was removed due to a number of reasons. 

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    David Kinealy on 05 Jul 2020 23:41:59

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    Our semantic layer is built using the SAP Universe so having this connector is essential for us as we do not want to create two semantic layers.

    Any update on this?

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    Leo on 05 Jul 2020 23:41:50

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    Any updates Microsoft ?

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    CJ OBrien on 05 Jul 2020 23:41:08

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    Looks like this thread is falling on deaf ears. Too bad MS Power BI had potential.

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    Jayesh Mangal on 05 Jul 2020 23:40:28

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    This is very much required in the current org structure. Many intelligent reports configured on boxi are required on POWER BI for dashboarding purpose.

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    vivek on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:54

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    Please sort this issue. It will be very helpful for the whole organization.

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    Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:33

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    Yes, this is much needed because we already have the data access governance set up and managed at the Universe level.

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    Hanneke on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:04

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    This could be the way to adopt Power BI in our university

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    Karl Palmetshofer on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:51

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    We are evalutating Power BI, we use SAP BO universes, we want to access them too!

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    Gustavo Camargo on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:15

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    Is there any update on this idea? It would be great having this connector implemented on Power BI.

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    Anonymous on 05 Jul 2020 23:35:35

    RE: SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe

    I don't normally comment, but this item has been in high demand for a very long time. Our global organization was going to use Power BI on top of the IDT universes, using both Webi and Power BI for data visualization. Since we are not able to connect Power Bi to the universes, we are migrating all of our BO solutions to Analysis Services. I believe we are not the only company migrating away from BO for this very reason. It is disappointing - Power BI reports could have had a dependency on the SAP models, and retained that revenue stream for SAP.