You’ll need to download the PowerBI desktop application in order to connect to Frakture’s data warehouses.

  1. Select Get Data → Choose Database and MariaDB to connect to Frakture’s data warehouse.

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  1. Configure the MariaDB data source using your Frakture warehouse credentials. Add the organization or client database name under Database (optional), and your unique username and password.

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  1. If you haven’t downloaded the MariaDB ODBC connector, you’ll get an error message here. You can follow this link to download the ODBC connector for your OS. *BE SURE TO SELECT THE ODBC CONNECTOR, the download screen may not default to it.

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  1. Once you have the ODBC connector and the warehouse credentials entered in PowerBI, you’ll get access to the Frakture data tables and can start building your data sources and reports.

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