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1. How to Connect
Microsoft
Power BI with Hive?
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2. Hive is a prominent open source data
warehouse built on Hadoop’s Distributed
File System (HDFS). It is used for – data
storage, data summarization, data query
and analysis on large data systems.
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3. System Architecture Snapshot:
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4. Simple Step to Connect Power BI to Hive
• Downloading & installing ODBC drivers
Mainly there are two below version of ODBC available for the window.
1. HortonworksHiveODBC32.msi for 32-bit processors
2. HortonworksHiveODBC64.msi for 64-bit.
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5. Simple Step to Connect Power BI to Hive
• Configuring the ODBC driver
• Create a Data Source Name (DSN)
• Click on the Start button
• Click on All Programs
• Click on the Hortonworks Hive ODBC Driver 1.2 (64-bit) on program
group.
• Click on the 64-bit ODBC Administrator. The ODBC Data Source
Administrator window opens.
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6. Simple Step to Connect Power BI to Hive
• Configuring the ODBC driver
• Create a Data Source Name (DSN)
• Click on the Start button
• Click on All Programs
• Click on the Hortonworks Hive ODBC Driver 1.2 (64-bit) on program
group.
• Click on the 64-bit ODBC Administrator. The ODBC Data Source
Administrator window opens.
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7. Simple Step to Connect Power BI to Hive
A window as shown below opens:
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8. Simple Step to Connect Power BI to Hive
In the User DSN tab click on the Add button.
A window opens as shown below.
Select Hortonworks Hive
ODBC Driver as highlighted in blue
and the click on the finish button.
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9. Simple Step to Connect Power BI to Hive
For configuration purpose, follow the procedure mentioned below:
• Give data source a name / title
• Description (optional though suggested)
• Select ‘hive server 2’
• In service discovery mode select ‘No service Discovery’
• In the host section provide an IP address of the host machine on which hive server is running
• For hive – port is 10000
• In the database section specify the database you want to connect. (optional)
• Choose hive username
• Choose SASL in Thrift Transport
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10. Simple Step to Connect Power BI to Hive
Now click on the test button
to check the connection is
valid or not. If the connection
is successful, then it will show
the window:
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11. Simple Step to Connect Power BI to Hive
After successful test click OK to save the configuration. It will show the
DSN in the User DSN (User data sources).
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12. Simple Step to Connect Power BI to Hive
Configuring Power BI
• Now open Power BI tool and select ODBC from Get data. Select the DSN we
defined from the DSN drop down and click on OK.
• It will navigate you to a different panel where you have to select the Hive.

13. Simple Step to Connect Power BI to Hive
Connecting Hive with Power BI
Now open Power BI tool and select ODBC from Get data. Select the
DSN we defined from the DSN drop down and click on OK.
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14. Simple Step to Connect Power BI to Hive
Connecting Hive with Power BI
• It will navigate you to a different panel where you have to select the Hive.
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15. Simple Step to Connect Power BI to Hive
Now all the hive database & schema will be visible.
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16. Simple Step to Connect Power BI to Hive
Now you can connect & load the data for analysis & create powerful
visualizations. Make sure Hive users have an appropriate permission else you
may get permission error.
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