This section describes how to edit the DSN configuration and then authenticate and connect to SAP Business Warehouse APIs.

DSN Configuration

You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to edit the DSN configuration. Note that the installation process creates a both a user DSN and a system DSN, as described in Installing the Connector.

Note: The connector stores connection information in the Windows registry. To ensure that the connector can write to the registry, either run Power BI as an administrator or use a User DSN for your connection instead of a System DSN.

User DSN

Complete the following steps to edit the DSN configuration:

1. Select Start > Search, and enter ODBC Data Sources in the Search box.
2. Choose the version of the ODBC Administrator that corresponds to the bitness of your Power BI Desktop installation (32-bit or 64-bit).
3. Select the system data source and click Configure.
4. Edit the information on the Connection tab and click OK.

System DSN

Configure the system DSN the same way as the user DSN, except you will need to switch to the System DSN tab before performing Step 3.

Connecting to SAP Business Warehouse

To connect, set the URL property to a valid SAP Business Warehouse server base URL and provide authentication. The connector must connect to SAP Business Warehouse instances hosted over HTTP with XMLA access.

Authenticating to SAP Business Warehouse

The following authentication methods are supported:

• Basic
• Anonymous Authentication (None)
• Kerberos

Basic

Set User and Password and set AuthScheme to Basic.

Anonymous Authentication

If anonymous authentication is available, set AuthScheme to None to avoid authentication.

Kerberos

See Using Kerberos for details on how to authenticate with Kerberos.

Securing SAP Business Warehouse Connections

By default, the connector attempts to negotiate SSL/TLS by checking the server's certificate against the system's trusted certificate store. To specify another certificate, see the SSLServerCert property for the available formats.