Visualize Live Bannerbear Data in Power BI (via CData Connect AI)

Power BI transforms your company's data into rich visuals for you to collect and organize so you can focus on what matters to you. When paired with CData Connect AI, you get access to Bannerbear data for visualizations, dashboards, and more. This article shows how to use CData Connect to create a live connection to Bannerbear, connect to Bannerbear data from Power BI and then create reports on Bannerbear data in Power BI.

Configure Bannerbear Connectivity for Power BI

Connectivity to Bannerbear from Power BI is made possible through CData Connect AI. To work with Bannerbear data from Power BI, we start by creating and configuring a Bannerbear connection.

1. Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection

2. Select "Bannerbear" from the Add Connection panel

3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Bannerbear.

   Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Bannerbear Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Bannerbear.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Bannerbear (see below).

   Bannerbear API Profile Settings

   Retrieve your API keys from the Bannerbear dashboard. Specify the key type (Project or Master) via the KeyType property.

   
4. Click Save & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Bannerbear Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Bannerbear data from Power BI.

Query Bannerbear Tables

Follow the steps below to build a query to pull Bannerbear data into the report:

1. Open Power BI Desktop and click Get Data -> Online Services -> CData Connect AI and click "Connect"
2. Click "Sign in" and authenticate with your CData Connect AI account
3. After signing in, click "Connect"
4. Select tables in the Navigator dialog
5. Click Load to establish the connection to your Bannerbear data from Power BI

Create Bannerbear Data Visualizations

After connecting to the data into Power BI, you can create data visualizations in the Report view by dragging fields from the Fields pane onto the canvas. Select the dimensions and measures you wish to visualize along with the chart type.

Click Refresh to synchronize your report with any changes to the data.

Live Access to Bannerbear Data from Data Applications

With CData Connect AI you have a direct connection to Bannerbear data from Power BI. You can import more data, create new visualizations, build reports, and more — all without replicating Bannerbear data.

To get SQL data access to hundreds of SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources (including Bannerbear) directly from your on-premise BI, reporting, ETL and other data applications, visit the CData Connect AI page and start a free trial.