I am currently using Microsoft PowerBI for a lot of our visualizations and
reporting. We are looking to use CommCare for the majority of our
programmes, however whenever I have tried to import data, it says my
account is not authorized. I have no problem doing the same following the
instructions for creating Excel dashboards. PowerBI allows for a number of
different authentication methods including Basic and using an API Key,
neither of which work. I'm not sure if this is a CommCare or PowerBI issue,
but I thought I would try CommCare first.
It would be great to be able to integrate PowerBI with CommCare as they are
working hard to compete with solutions such as Tableau (PowerBI is waaaay
cheaper) and really see this as the way forward to replacing Excel
Dashboards.
Can you explain a bit more about how you're trying to connect PowerBI to
CommCare? Not sure how many people on this list are familiar with it, so
understanding that might shed some insight into why it isn't working.
I am currently using Microsoft PowerBI for a lot of our visualizations and
reporting. We are looking to use CommCare for the majority of our
programmes, however whenever I have tried to import data, it says my
account is not authorized. I have no problem doing the same following the
instructions for creating Excel dashboards. PowerBI allows for a number of
different authentication methods including Basic and using an API Key,
neither of which work. I'm not sure if this is a CommCare or PowerBI issue,
but I thought I would try CommCare first.
It would be great to be able to integrate PowerBI with CommCare as they
are working hard to compete with solutions such as Tableau (PowerBI is
waaaay cheaper) and really see this as the way forward to replacing Excel
Dashboards.
Pleased to report that integration with Power BI is now possible!
···
On Friday, September 25, 2015 at 5:49:30 PM UTC, rmy...@sl.goal.ie wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am currently using Microsoft PowerBI for a lot of our visualizations and
> reporting. We are looking to use CommCare for the majority of our
> programmes, however whenever I have tried to import data, it says my
> account is not authorized. I have no problem doing the same following the
> instructions for creating Excel dashboards. PowerBI allows for a number of
> different authentication methods including Basic and using an API Key,
> neither of which work. I'm not sure if this is a CommCare or PowerBI issue,
> but I thought I would try CommCare first.
>
> It would be great to be able to integrate PowerBI with CommCare as they
> are working hard to compete with solutions such as Tableau (PowerBI is
> waaaay cheaper) and really see this as the way forward to replacing Excel
> Dashboards.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ralph
>
Hi all
I am having the same issue. As Ralph has reported that commcare integration
is possible with power BI, can someone please update on how it is possible?
Because I am getting the same authorization error on all options. much
thanks
Javariya
···
On Friday, September 25, 2015 at 10:49:30 PM UTC+5, Ralph Myers wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am currently using Microsoft PowerBI for a lot of our visualizations and
> reporting. We are looking to use CommCare for the majority of our
> programmes, however whenever I have tried to import data, it says my
> account is not authorized. I have no problem doing the same following the
> instructions for creating Excel dashboards. PowerBI allows for a number of
> different authentication methods including Basic and using an API Key,
> neither of which work. I'm not sure if this is a CommCare or PowerBI issue,
> but I thought I would try CommCare first.
>
> It would be great to be able to integrate PowerBI with CommCare as they
> are working hard to compete with solutions such as Tableau (PowerBI is
> waaaay cheaper) and really see this as the way forward to replacing Excel
> Dashboards.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ralph
>
the new URL structure CommCare introduced means that linking through Power
Query/Power BI is no longer possible. When editing Basic Authentication
credentials it returns the message that credentials are invalid.
This is a BIG setback for us. Your help on this issue is greatly
appreciated.
Regards,
Ralph
···
On Friday, September 25, 2015 at 7:49:30 PM UTC+2, Ralph Myers wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am currently using Microsoft PowerBI for a lot of our visualizations and
> reporting. We are looking to use CommCare for the majority of our
> programmes, however whenever I have tried to import data, it says my
> account is not authorized. I have no problem doing the same following the
> instructions for creating Excel dashboards. PowerBI allows for a number of
> different authentication methods including Basic and using an API Key,
> neither of which work. I'm not sure if this is a CommCare or PowerBI issue,
> but I thought I would try CommCare first.
>
> It would be great to be able to integrate PowerBI with CommCare as they
> are working hard to compete with solutions such as Tableau (PowerBI is
> waaaay cheaper) and really see this as the way forward to replacing Excel
> Dashboards.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ralph
>
solved it. The new format is http instead of https, so just adding an s
solves the issue.
Thanks!
Ralph
···
On Friday, September 25, 2015 at 7:49:30 PM UTC+2, Ralph Myers wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am currently using Microsoft PowerBI for a lot of our visualizations and
> reporting. We are looking to use CommCare for the majority of our
> programmes, however whenever I have tried to import data, it says my
> account is not authorized. I have no problem doing the same following the
> instructions for creating Excel dashboards. PowerBI allows for a number of
> different authentication methods including Basic and using an API Key,
> neither of which work. I'm not sure if this is a CommCare or PowerBI issue,
> but I thought I would try CommCare first.
>
> It would be great to be able to integrate PowerBI with CommCare as they
> are working hard to compete with solutions such as Tableau (PowerBI is
> waaaay cheaper) and really see this as the way forward to replacing Excel
> Dashboards.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ralph
>
So on PowerBI, web imports seem to work much like in excel:
However, when it comes to authentication I get an error saying that I am an
unauthorized user.
I am hesitant to start using the export tool as it means adding a number of
additional steps to our information flow as well as creating a dependency
on the IT department. As it is a Microsoft tool it seems to me that PowerBI
should be able to have the same access to html tables as Excel.
Ralph
···
On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 12:39:05 AM UTC, Cory Zue wrote:
>
> Hey Ralph,
>
> Can you explain a bit more about how you're trying to connect PowerBI to
> CommCare? Not sure how many people on this list are familiar with it, so
> understanding that might shed some insight into why it isn't working.
>
> My gut is that the best workflow would be for you to use the commcare
> data export tool
> to
> sync commcare data to a local database, and then connect PowerBI directly
> to that database.
>
> Cory
>
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 1:49 PM, <rmy...@sl.goal.ie > wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am currently using Microsoft PowerBI for a lot of our visualizations
>> and reporting. We are looking to use CommCare for the majority of our
>> programmes, however whenever I have tried to import data, it says my
>> account is not authorized. I have no problem doing the same following the
>> instructions for creating Excel dashboards. PowerBI allows for a number of
>> different authentication methods including Basic and using an API Key,
>> neither of which work. I'm not sure if this is a CommCare or PowerBI issue,
>> but I thought I would try CommCare first.
>>
>> It would be great to be able to integrate PowerBI with CommCare as they
>> are working hard to compete with solutions such as Tableau (PowerBI is
>> waaaay cheaper) and really see this as the way forward to replacing Excel
>> Dashboards.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Ralph
>>
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>
You can get around this by adding your own custom power query expression.
In Excel, go to New Query, but choose Other, Blank Query
In the query editor, then click on View, Advanced Editor
Then paste in the following:
let
Source = Web.Page(Binary.Buffer(Web.Contents("")))
in
Source
Note that the URL needs to end with a slash. Excel will prompt you to enter
your username / password via Basic Auth then. You can then use the query
editor to choose the data you want.
Thanks,
Sheel
···
On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 1:52 AM, Javariya Aamir wrote:
Hi all
I am having the same issue. As Ralph has reported that commcare
integration is possible with power BI, can someone please update on how it
is possible? Because I am getting the same authorization error on all
options. much thanks
Javariya
On Friday, September 25, 2015 at 10:49:30 PM UTC+5, Ralph Myers wrote:
Hi all,
I am currently using Microsoft PowerBI for a lot of our visualizations
and reporting. We are looking to use CommCare for the majority of our
programmes, however whenever I have tried to import data, it says my
account is not authorized. I have no problem doing the same following the
instructions for creating Excel dashboards. PowerBI allows for a number of
different authentication methods including Basic and using an API Key,
neither of which work. I'm not sure if this is a CommCare or PowerBI issue,
but I thought I would try CommCare first.
It would be great to be able to integrate PowerBI with CommCare as they
are working hard to compete with solutions such as Tableau (PowerBI is
waaaay cheaper) and really see this as the way forward to replacing Excel
Dashboards.
Note that the URL needs to end with a slash. Excel will prompt you to enter your username / password via Basic Auth then. You can then use the query editor to choose the data you want.
Thanks,
Sheel
···
From: commcare-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:commcare-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Javariya Aamir
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 5:53 AM
To: commcare-users
Subject: Re: PowerBI Integration
Hi all
I am having the same issue. As Ralph has reported that commcare integration is possible with power BI, can someone please update on how it is possible? Because I am getting the same authorization error on all options. much thanks
Javariya
On Friday, September 25, 2015 at 10:49:30 PM UTC+5, Ralph Myers wrote:
Hi all,
I am currently using Microsoft PowerBI for a lot of our visualizations and reporting. We are looking to use CommCare for the majority of our programmes, however whenever I have tried to import data, it says my account is not authorized. I have no problem doing the same following the instructions for creating Excel dashboards. PowerBI allows for a number of different authentication methods including Basic and using an API Key, neither of which work. I'm not sure if this is a CommCare or PowerBI issue, but I thought I would try CommCare first.
It would be great to be able to integrate PowerBI with CommCare as they are working hard to compete with solutions such as Tableau (PowerBI is waaaay cheaper) and really see this as the way forward to replacing Excel Dashboards.
Thanks!
Ralph
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However, when it comes to authentication I get an error saying that I am
an unauthorized user.
I am hesitant to start using the export tool as it means adding a number
of additional steps to our information flow as well as creating a
dependency on the IT department. As it is a Microsoft tool it seems to me
that PowerBI should be able to have the same access to html tables as Excel.
Ralph
On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 12:39:05 AM UTC, Cory Zue wrote:
Hey Ralph,
Can you explain a bit more about how you're trying to connect PowerBI to
CommCare? Not sure how many people on this list are familiar with it, so
understanding that might shed some insight into why it isn't working.
I am currently using Microsoft PowerBI for a lot of our visualizations
and reporting. We are looking to use CommCare for the majority of our
programmes, however whenever I have tried to import data, it says my
account is not authorized. I have no problem doing the same following the
instructions for creating Excel dashboards. PowerBI allows for a number of
different authentication methods including Basic and using an API Key,
neither of which work. I'm not sure if this is a CommCare or PowerBI issue,
but I thought I would try CommCare first.
It would be great to be able to integrate PowerBI with CommCare as they
are working hard to compete with solutions such as Tableau (PowerBI is
waaaay cheaper) and really see this as the way forward to replacing Excel
Dashboards.
Thanks!
Ralph
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On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 8:16:53 AM UTC, Cory Zue wrote:
>
> Hi Ralph,
>
> What URL are you trying to load the data from?
>
> thanks,
> Cory
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 10:02 AM, <rmy...@sl.goal.ie > wrote:
>
>> Hi Cory,
>>
>> So on PowerBI, web imports seem to work much like in excel:
>> https://support.powerbi.com/knowledgebase/articles/461315-tutorial-importing-and-analyzing-data-from-a-web
>>
>> However, when it comes to authentication I get an error saying that I am
>> an unauthorized user.
>>
>> I am hesitant to start using the export tool as it means adding a number
>> of additional steps to our information flow as well as creating a
>> dependency on the IT department. As it is a Microsoft tool it seems to me
>> that PowerBI should be able to have the same access to html tables as Excel.
>>
>> Ralph
>>
>> On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 12:39:05 AM UTC, Cory Zue wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Ralph,
>>>
>>> Can you explain a bit more about how you're trying to connect PowerBI to
>>> CommCare? Not sure how many people on this list are familiar with it, so
>>> understanding that might shed some insight into why it isn't working.
>>>
>>> My gut is that the best workflow would be for you to use the commcare
>>> data export tool
>>> to
>>> sync commcare data to a local database, and then connect PowerBI directly
>>> to that database.
>>>
>>> Cory
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 1:49 PM, wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I am currently using Microsoft PowerBI for a lot of our visualizations
>>>> and reporting. We are looking to use CommCare for the majority of our
>>>> programmes, however whenever I have tried to import data, it says my
>>>> account is not authorized. I have no problem doing the same following the
>>>> instructions for creating Excel dashboards. PowerBI allows for a number of
>>>> different authentication methods including Basic and using an API Key,
>>>> neither of which work. I'm not sure if this is a CommCare or PowerBI issue,
>>>> but I thought I would try CommCare first.
>>>>
>>>> It would be great to be able to integrate PowerBI with CommCare as they
>>>> are working hard to compete with solutions such as Tableau (PowerBI is
>>>> waaaay cheaper) and really see this as the way forward to replacing Excel
>>>> Dashboards.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Ralph
>>>>
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>
However, when it comes to authentication I get an error saying that I am
an unauthorized user.
I am hesitant to start using the export tool as it means adding a number
of additional steps to our information flow as well as creating a
dependency on the IT department. As it is a Microsoft tool it seems to me
that PowerBI should be able to have the same access to html tables as Excel.
Ralph
On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 12:39:05 AM UTC, Cory Zue wrote:
Hey Ralph,
Can you explain a bit more about how you're trying to connect PowerBI
to CommCare? Not sure how many people on this list are familiar with it, so
understanding that might shed some insight into why it isn't working.
I am currently using Microsoft PowerBI for a lot of our visualizations
and reporting. We are looking to use CommCare for the majority of our
programmes, however whenever I have tried to import data, it says my
account is not authorized. I have no problem doing the same following the
instructions for creating Excel dashboards. PowerBI allows for a number of
different authentication methods including Basic and using an API Key,
neither of which work. I'm not sure if this is a CommCare or PowerBI issue,
but I thought I would try CommCare first.
It would be great to be able to integrate PowerBI with CommCare as
they are working hard to compete with solutions such as Tableau (PowerBI is
waaaay cheaper) and really see this as the way forward to replacing Excel
Dashboards.
Thanks!
Ralph
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On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 8:53:17 AM UTC, Cory Zue wrote:
>
> Thanks.
>
> You should be using digest authentication. Does PowerBI support letting
> you select that? If not, what options are available?
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 4:24 AM, <rmy...@sl.goal.ie > wrote:
>
>> Hi Cory,
>>
>> I'm using a URL for daily web updates. This seems to work fine when
>> importing off the web using Excel. e.g.
>> https://www.commcarehq.org/a/goal-sierra-leone/reports/export/saved/download/c9f5495ef9f791ed5d0faa72217af07e/?group_export_id=272aa9b8c6c9b13ee031208f42135fe3
>>
>> Ralph
>>
>> On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 8:16:53 AM UTC, Cory Zue wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Ralph,
>>>
>>> What URL are you trying to load the data from?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Cory
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 10:02 AM, wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Cory,
>>>>
>>>> So on PowerBI, web imports seem to work much like in excel:
>>>> https://support.powerbi.com/knowledgebase/articles/461315-tutorial-importing-and-analyzing-data-from-a-web
>>>>
>>>> However, when it comes to authentication I get an error saying that I
>>>> am an unauthorized user.
>>>>
>>>> I am hesitant to start using the export tool as it means adding a
>>>> number of additional steps to our information flow as well as creating a
>>>> dependency on the IT department. As it is a Microsoft tool it seems to me
>>>> that PowerBI should be able to have the same access to html tables as Excel.
>>>>
>>>> Ralph
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 12:39:05 AM UTC, Cory Zue wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey Ralph,
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you explain a bit more about how you're trying to connect PowerBI
>>>>> to CommCare? Not sure how many people on this list are familiar with it, so
>>>>> understanding that might shed some insight into why it isn't working.
>>>>>
>>>>> My gut is that the best workflow would be for you to use the commcare
>>>>> data export tool
>>>>> to
>>>>> sync commcare data to a local database, and then connect PowerBI directly
>>>>> to that database.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cory
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 1:49 PM, wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am currently using Microsoft PowerBI for a lot of our
>>>>>> visualizations and reporting. We are looking to use CommCare for the
>>>>>> majority of our programmes, however whenever I have tried to import data,
>>>>>> it says my account is not authorized. I have no problem doing the same
>>>>>> following the instructions for creating Excel dashboards. PowerBI allows
>>>>>> for a number of different authentication methods including Basic and using
>>>>>> an API Key, neither of which work. I'm not sure if this is a CommCare or
>>>>>> PowerBI issue, but I thought I would try CommCare first.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It would be great to be able to integrate PowerBI with CommCare as
>>>>>> they are working hard to compete with solutions such as Tableau (PowerBI is
>>>>>> waaaay cheaper) and really see this as the way forward to replacing Excel
>>>>>> Dashboards.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ralph
>>>>>>
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>
However, when it comes to authentication I get an error saying that I
am an unauthorized user.
I am hesitant to start using the export tool as it means adding a
number of additional steps to our information flow as well as creating a
dependency on the IT department. As it is a Microsoft tool it seems to me
that PowerBI should be able to have the same access to html tables as Excel.
Ralph
On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 12:39:05 AM UTC, Cory Zue wrote:
Hey Ralph,
Can you explain a bit more about how you're trying to connect PowerBI
to CommCare? Not sure how many people on this list are familiar with it, so
understanding that might shed some insight into why it isn't working.
I am currently using Microsoft PowerBI for a lot of our
visualizations and reporting. We are looking to use CommCare for the
majority of our programmes, however whenever I have tried to import data,
it says my account is not authorized. I have no problem doing the same
following the instructions for creating Excel dashboards. PowerBI allows
for a number of different authentication methods including Basic and using
an API Key, neither of which work. I'm not sure if this is a CommCare or
PowerBI issue, but I thought I would try CommCare first.
It would be great to be able to integrate PowerBI with CommCare as
they are working hard to compete with solutions such as Tableau (PowerBI is
waaaay cheaper) and really see this as the way forward to replacing Excel
Dashboards.
Thanks!
Ralph
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Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 2:42 PM
To: commcare-users@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: PowerBI Integration
Hey Ralph,
Currently that URL doesn't support basic authentication. Could you report an issue and we can see if our team can add it?
thanks,
Cory
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 6:07 AM, <rmyers@sl.goal.iemailto:rmyers@sl.goal.ie> wrote:
As far as I can see what comes closest is Basic Authentication. Here is an overview of the types of authentication:
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I’m facing an issue with trying to integrate CommCare with PowerBI. I never recieve an “edit credentials” message when I enter the source address as follows:
I am also using Power BI Integration with CommCare and here the steps I follow which would be helpful for you:
Create a data feed or as it is called the Dashboard Feed via CommCare's Excel Dashboard Integration. You can find this by clicking on the Data tab, then go to Export Data, then click on Excel Dashboard Integration
Once the Dashboard Feed is created, click on the Copy Dashboard Feed Link button. Press CTRL+C to copy the link, paste the link into notepad!
Open Power BI Descktop
Click on Get Data and choose Blank Query and then click on Connect
The Query Editor will open
While in the Query Editor, click on Advanced Editor
The Editor will open with this code snippet:
let
Source = ""
in
Source
Edit this piece of code so it looks as below:
let
Source = Web.Page(Binary.Buffer(Web.Contents("Url")))
in
Source
Copy the link you saved in step 2 and paste in place of Url in the code snippet in step 8. So this piece of code should look as below(depending on the URL for your dashboard feed):
Make sure there are no Syntax Erros at the bottom of the Query Editor Window!
If the system asks you for a username and password, put the same username and password you login to CommCare's Project Space containing your dashboard feed!
After clicking on Done, you will see a table with a column named Data! That is your Data Feed!
Click on the arrow next to the Data column which looks like this <-> then choose the columns that you need to bring into Power BI!
Click OK
After step 14, you should be in the Query Editor and ready to transform your data however you wish!
After all your transforms, click on Close&Apply and your data should be well placed into Power BI for visualization/reporting.
To get fresh set of data from CommCare, refresh CommCare Dashboard Feed and then refresh your data in Power BI.
Note that CommCare auto-refreshes its Dashboard Feed once in a day and so you would need to manually refresh the feed if you do not have to wait for about 8 hrs scheduled Auto-Refresh!
I hope you will follow all these steps, including step 19
