Visualize Live Mailjet 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 Mailjet data for visualizations, dashboards, and more. This article shows how to use CData Connect to create a live connection to Mailjet, connect to Mailjet data from Power BI and then create reports on Mailjet data in Power BI.

Configure Mailjet Connectivity for Power BI

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

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

2. Select "Mailjet" from the Add Connection panel

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

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

   Mailjet API Profile Settings

   In your Mailjet account, navigate to My Account > REST API > API Key Management to obtain your API Key and API Secret.

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

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

Query Mailjet Tables

Follow the steps below to build a query to pull Mailjet 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 Mailjet data from Power BI

Create Mailjet 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 Mailjet Data from Data Applications

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

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