The CData Power BI Connector for Parquet is built on top of an ODBC driver. This section discusses how to install the connector, create a DSN, and connect from Power BI.

Installing the Connector

Installing the Connector is a step-by-step guide for how to manage the installation process.

Creating a Data Source Name (DSN)

Creating the Data Source Name describes the process to authenticate and connect to Parquet.

Parquet Version Support

The connector leverages the Apache Parquet API V2.0.

The connector supports the following compression encodings when parsing Parquet files: ZSTD, Gzip, Snappy, uncompressed.

The connector also supports Byte Stream Split encoding for read operations. Supported data types include: Float, Double, Integer, Long, and Fixed Length Byte Array (FLBA).

For an introduction to Visualizing Data using the CData Power BI Connector for Parquet.