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Last Updated: 2024-01-12
Connect Strategic Sourcing to Power BI

Connect Strategic Sourcing to Power BI

Generate a personal API token in your Strategic Sourcing user profile.
You can use the Strategic Sourcing Custom Data Connector to pull your data into Power BI.
  1. Use Workday Community to download the Custom Connector file at https://community.workday.com/articles/powerbiconnect.
  2. Save the file to this folder on your local drive:
    Documents\Power BI Desktop\Custom Connectors
    .
  3. Change your security settings on Power BI to
    (Not Recommended) Allow any extension to load without validation or warning
    .
  4. Click
    Get Data
    More
    .
  5. Select
    Workday Strategic Sourcing
    .
  6. Enter your Power BI API token.
  7. Select which datasets you want to import into Power BI.
  8. (Optional) Change your token in Power BI by clicking
    Data Source Settings
    .
    1. Select
      Workday Strategic Sourcing
       and click
      Edit (Feed Key)
      .
    2. Enter your new token, then click
      Save
      .
You can view and refresh your report data in Power BI.

This content is not part of the Workday Administrator Guide.