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Autodesk® Data Connector for Power BI

Autodesk® Data Connector for Power BI

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Autodesk, Inc.
"Autodesk® Data Connector for PowerBI" allows you to load Data Exchanges that are created and shared by other Autodesk and non-Autodesk applications

General Usage Instructions

You can refer to the following links for the detailed documentation of "Autodesk Data Connector for Power BI"

Screenshots

Commands

Installation/Uninstallation

Refer to the Install and Update section. 

Additional Information

Known Issues

Refer to the Known Issues.

Contact

Company Name: Autodesk, Inc.

Author/Company Information

Autodesk, Inc.

Support Information

Kindly reach out to us on our Data Exchange Comunity Forum for any questions related to Data Exchanges 

You can also reach out to us directly on dataexchange.customer.support@autodesk.com. 

Version History

Version Number Version Description

2.1.0

Release highlights: 1.It provides support for Data Exchanges based on Linked Revit Models (in similar manner as compared to usual Revit Models). 2. Changes to labels in filtering UI, logo for easier understanding. 3. Critical bug fixes which impacted customers with specific setup / use case. 4. Bug fixes to enhance the support IFC based exchanges

2.0.11

Release highlights: This is a hotfix release to address a specific defect. From previous (2.0.10) release, we have started supporting "Federated views" (i.e. ability to load multiple exchanges within a single viewer). The viewer inside PowerBI Connector was aligning based "Centre to Centre" placement approach, which caused misalignment / overlap of data exchanges in Federate views. We have switched to "Origin to Origin" placement approach for the visual to resolve this issue.

2.0.10

Release highlights: 1. Federated Views: Provide ability to load multiple exchanges within a single viewer. Now, single dashboard (including viewer) can be used to work on multiple exchanges. Seamlessly filter and slice data across different exchanges for a unified analysis experience. 2. Optimizations in the filtering capabilities: "Select Advanced Properties" filter has been optimized to populate only the chosen parameter names and their corresponding values. We have excluded extra properties which were not relevant to the selected properties from the results. 3. IFC-Based Exchanges Enhanced coloring and highlighting for better visual differentiation and data analysis. Limitations - 1.The connector does not support reference parameters where "Data Type = Materials". One such example is "Structural Material". These parameters won't be pulled into PowerBI. 2.The connector does not support parameters with empty values. Such parameters won't be pulled into PowerBI.

2.0.9

Below are a few highlights - 1. "Reference Parameters": Support reference parameters when we load exchange through Pre-filter options. Parameters like Levels and base constraints should be pulled into PowerBI. These parameters are part of the "Advanced Parameters" dropdown. 2. "Exchange Update": We have been aiming for seamless dashboard updates when an exchange gets updated in ACC. With this release, if an exchange has been updated in ACC, the corresponding dashboard will be updated by hitting "Refresh" in PowerBI 3. Performance: Project/folder navigation performance has been improved. (~90% improvement) 4. Bug Fixes: A critical bug where exchange loading used to fail in case exchange contained multiple properties with the same name but different data types. It also includes a few other bug fixes. Limitations - 1.The connector does not support reference parameters where "Data Type = Materials". One such example is "Structural Material". These parameters won't be pulled into PowerBI. 2.The connector does not support parameters with empty values. Such parameters won't be pulled into PowerBI.

2.0.8

This release contains additional feature enhancements as well as performance optimizations. Below are few highlights - 1. Supporting "Revit Element IDs" to be fetched into PowerBI dashboard for Revit 2024/25 based Data Exchanges. 2. Addition of "Last Updated" column, so users can get clarity about the exchange between ACC and PowerBI. 3. Addition of a Sample Dashboard (Template) for understanding of different verities of dashboards 4. Solved a performance issue which was impacting "Cross-highlighting and Coloring is not working for the specific large Exchanges" 5. Supporting BIM360 based Data Exchanges through direct URL. 6. A bunch of bug fixes.
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