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KX kdb Insights Enterprise Power Query Connector (Beta)

Note

The following connector article is provided by KX Systems Inc., the owner of this connector and a member of the Microsoft Power Query Connector Certification Program. If you have questions regarding the content of this article or have changes you would like to see made to this article, visit the KX website and use the support channels there.

Summary

Item Description
Release State Preview
Products Power BI (Semantic models)
Power BI (Dataflows)
Fabric (Dataflow Gen2)
Authentication Types Supported Username/Password
OAuth

The connector enables Microsoft Power BI users to remotely connect, explore, query data, preview tables, and harness the power and performance of kdb Insights Enterprise analytics before importing datasets into Power BI for visualization.

Prerequisites

Ensure the following prerequisites are met before proceeding:

  • kdb Insights Enterprise 1.11.0 or above is installed and running at least one database.

  • Permissions to query data on the running databases.

Capabilities supported

  • Import
    • Filtering
    • Aggregation
    • Group By

Connect to kdb Insights Enterprise

To make the connection, follow these steps:

  1. Open Microsoft Power BI Desktop or Power BI Online.

  2. Select Get Data:

    • For Power BI Desktop, select Get Data > More from the Home tab in the upper ribbon.
    • For Power BI Online, in the Get Data experience, select the Dataflow category.
  3. Search for KX kdb.

  4. Select KX kdb Insights Enterprise.

  5. Select Connect.

  6. Enter the URL for your kdb Insights Enterprise deployment.

  7. Select OK.

  8. You're prompted to sign in if you haven't signed in recently or have never signed in:

    • If you haven't signed in recently or have never signed in, select Sign in. The button is named Sign in as a different user if your sign-in credentials expired or are no longer valid.

      Screenshot showing the KX Insights Enterprise instance information.

  9. If your credentials are valid, the Connector popup displays that you're currently signed in and you can select the Connect button.

    Screenshot showing the KX Insights Enterprise sign in popup.

  10. The Navigator dialog box displays all the running databases and tables for your chosen host on the left. Selecting a table returns a preview of the selected data using the kdb Insights Enterprise getData REST API.

    Screenshot showing the KX Insights Enterprise preview page.

The parameters available on the Navigator allow you to use the power of kdb Insights Enterprise analytics to filter, group, and aggregate data by restricting the data being loaded and bringing you the performance of the kdb Insights database.

Parameter Details
Start Time Applies to the partitioned column and is ignored for nonpartitioned tables
End Time Applies to the partitioned column and is ignored for nonpartitioned tables
Filter Filters out certain rows
Aggregation Filters the columns and/or aggregates the rows being returned
Group By Group the results of an aggregation based on specific columns

More resources

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