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power BI to Oracle hyperion free form cloud connectivity

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Narendra Kapa
Narendra Kapa Rank 1 - Community Starter
in Oracle Analytics Cloud and Server

power BI to Oracle hyperion free form (Essbase not OAC) cloud connectivity.

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  • Wayne Van Sluys
    Wayne Van Sluys Mod
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    OAC can connect to EPM FreeForm either directly or via semantic model, it is different connector from the Essbase connector. In order to use PowerBI on EPM FreeForm data you would create a subject area within the semantic model then connect PowerBI to that subject area. Be aware it will be very labor intensive to create the Point of View for the FreeForm app to get data back.

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    You can connect PowerBI to OAC see docs or video below.


    https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/paas/analytics-cloud/acsds/connect-oracle-analytics-cloud-microsoft-powerbi.html


    https://youtu.be/BHSGOT3unRY?feature=shared


    Since there is no direct connection from PowerBI to Oracle EPM, you might consider creating extracts from EPM via Data Management either to database or files and then connect PowerBI to that output.

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  • Benjamin Arnulf-Oracle
    Benjamin Arnulf-Oracle Admin

    Hi @Narendra Kapa , welcome to the Oracle Analytics Community. Please could you provide more information about your question? is it a question or a feature/capability request?

  • Narendra Kapa
    Narendra Kapa Rank 1 - Community Starter

    How to connect Free form Cloud hyperion application to Power BI Microsoft tool.

    Oracle published document refer to ADB(Autonomous Database).

  • Benjamin Arnulf-Oracle
    Benjamin Arnulf-Oracle Admin
    edited Jul 9, 2025 6:25PM

    Connecting Oracle EPM Cloud Free Form Application directly to Power BI is not natively supported because these applications are multi-dimensional (OLAP), and Power BI does not have a native Essbase/Hyperion connector for Oracle Cloud.

    EPM experts can comment. See below an option using Oracle Analytics Cloud:

    If you have Oracle Analytics Cloud with Essbase, you can connect it to Freeform and then use OAC’s connectors or expose data to Power BI (via OData...).

    For any other solutions with Autonomous Database, please check with the database community.

  • Narendra Kapa
    Narendra Kapa Rank 1 - Community Starter

    Is there any document to setup Autonomous database for Freeform Essbase.

  • Bhaskar Konar
    Bhaskar Konar Rank 8 - Analytics Strategist

    Very helpful information.

    Thanks for sharing @Benjamin Arnulf-Oracle & @Wayne Van Sluys!