# Power BI connectivity with Neo4J

**URL:** <https://community.neo4j.com/t/power-bi-connectivity-with-neo4j/58807>\
**Category:** Neo4j Graph Platform\
**Tags:** migrated, visualization-tagged\
**Created:** [June 7, 2019, 6:43am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/power-bi-connectivity-with-neo4j/58807 "2019-06-07T06:43:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mmuthu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/mmuthu/32/5003_2.png) [@mmuthu](https://community.neo4j.com/u/mmuthu)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 6:43am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/power-bi-connectivity-with-neo4j/58807/1 "2019-06-07T06:43:43Z")

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Hi There,  
Do anyone use know how to connect Power BI with Neo4j? We mostly use Power Bi as reporting tool for our team and would like to understand if there are any connectivity option to Power BI.

If not available, then Is there any good visualization tools available in the market for data analysis from Neo4J database?

Thanks,  
Mahendar

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**Author:** ![carib](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/carib/32/21301_2.png) [@carib](https://community.neo4j.com/u/carib)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/power-bi-connectivity-with-neo4j/58807/2 "2022-12-22T19:58:44Z")

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It seems like Neo4j now provides a connector to Power BI, but you have to write SQL to get data from Neo4j into Power BI: [https://neo4j.com/blog/getting-started-with-the-neo4j-bi-connector/?ref=bi-connector](https://neo4j.com/blog/getting-started-with-the-neo4j-bi-connector/?ref=bi-connector)

Am I reading that right? Using SQL to get data from Neo4j? That is beyond stupid.

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**Author:** ![grantseanw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/grantseanw/32/27759_2.png) [@grantseanw](https://community.neo4j.com/u/grantseanw)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/power-bi-connectivity-with-neo4j/58807/3 "2023-02-16T20:27:39Z")

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Yes, you have to write SQL to have PBI query the database. I guess the connector converts SQL to Cypher...maybe it is a limitation in PBI that the ODBC can only use SQL.....Seems like Neo4j should make a Neo4j connector and you can use cypher.... seems like the BI connector is a half-measure