Visualize Live Confluence Data in Power BI (via CData Connect Cloud)

Power BI transforms your company's data into rich visuals for you to collect and organize so you can focus on what matters to you. When paired with CData Connect Cloud, you get access to Confluence data for visualizations, dashboards, and more. This article shows how to use CData Connect to create a live connection to Confluence, connect to Confluence data from Power BI and then create reports on Confluence data in Power BI.

Configure Confluence Connectivity for Power BI

Connectivity to Confluence from Power BI is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with Confluence data from Power BI, we start by creating and configuring a Confluence connection.

1. Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
2. Select "Confluence" from the Add Connection panel
3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Confluence.

   Obtaining an API Token

   An API token is necessary for account authentication. To generate one, login to your Atlassian account and navigate to API tokens > Create API token. The generated token will be displayed.

   Connect Using a Confluence Cloud Account

   To connect to a Cloud account, provide the following (Note: Password has been deprecated for connecting to a Cloud Account and is now used only to connect to a Server Instance.):

   • User: The user which will be used to authenticate with the Confluence server.
   • APIToken: The API Token associated with the currently authenticated user.
   • Url: The URL associated with your JIRA endpoint. For example, https://yoursitename.atlassian.net.

   Connect Using a Confluence Server Instance

   To connect to a Server instance, provide the following:

   • User: The user which will be used to authenticate with the Confluence instance.
   • Password: The password which will be used to authenticate with the Confluence server.
   • Url: The URL associated with your JIRA endpoint. For example, https://yoursitename.atlassian.net.
4. Click Create & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Confluence Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Confluence data from Power BI.

Query Confluence Tables

Follow the steps below to build a query to pull Confluence data into the report:

1. Open Power BI Desktop and click Get Data -> Online Services -> CData Connect Cloud and click "Connect"
2. Click "Sign in" and authenticate with your CData Connect Cloud account
3. After signing in, click "Connect"
4. Select tables in the Navigator dialog
5. Click Load to establish the connection to your Confluence data from Power BI

Create Confluence Data Visualizations

After connecting to the data into Power BI, you can create data visualizations in the Report view by dragging fields from the Fields pane onto the canvas. Select the dimensions and measures you wish to visualize along with the chart type.

Click Refresh to synchronize your report with any changes to the data.

Live Access to Confluence Data from Data Applications

With CData Connect Cloud you have a direct connection to Confluence data from Power BI. You can import more data, create new visualizations, build reports, and more — all without replicating Confluence data.

To get SQL data access to 100+ SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources (including Confluence) directly from your on-premise BI, reporting, ETL and other data applications, visit the CData Connect page and start a free trial.