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This guide includes content from both Microsoft and Teradata product documentation.
This article describes the process to connect your Power BI Desktop to Teradata for creating reports and visualizations of your data. Power BI supports Teradata as a data source and can use the underlying data just like any other data source in Power BI Desktop.
Power BI is a collection of software services, applications, and connectors that work together to turn your unrelated sources of data into coherent, visually immersive, and interactive insights.
Power BI consists of: * A Windows desktop application, called Power BI Desktop * An online SaaS (Software as a Service) service, called the Power BI service * Power BI mobile apps for Windows, iOS, and Android devices
These three elements—Power BI Desktop, the Power BI service, and the mobile apps—are designed to let people create, share, and consume business insights in the way that serves them, or their role, most effectively.
A fourth element, Power BI Report Server, allows you to publish Power BI reports to an on-premises report server, after creating them in Power BI Desktop.
Power BI Desktop now supports Teradata as a native data source via the built-in Teradata database connector. However, published reports on the Power BI Service still require the on-premises data gateway to access Teradata, regardless of whether the database is on a local network or in the cloud.
This getting started guide will show you how to connect to Teradata. The Power BI Desktop Teradata connector uses the .NET Data Provider for Teradata. You need to install the driver on computers that use the Power BI Desktop. The .NET Data Provider for Teradata single installation supports both 32-bit and 64-bit Power BI Desktop applications.