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-===== What is the Power BI Connector? =====
+===== What is the Industrial Connector for Power BI? =====
-The Power BI Connector solves a common industry problem - getting operational data into Power BI.
+The Industrial Connector solves a common industry problem - getting operational data into Power BI.
 Historian data does not come in the tabular format that Power BI desires. Our connector completes this essential task in a way that requires no complicated queries, no secondary data storage location, and no SQL - We connect straight from your historian with our data connectivity software, [[app_store_connect:app_store_connect|App Store Connect]].
-Users commonly use our Power BI Connector to import process data. However, you can also import Alarm & Event data, along with.[[https://github.com/intelligentplant/IAS-Power-BI-connector#using-alarm--event-meta-tags-alarm_clock|calculated alarm KPIs]]
+Users commonly use our Industrial Connector to import process data. However, you can also import Alarm & Event data, along with.[[https://github.com/intelligentplant/IAS-Power-BI-connector#using-alarm--event-meta-tags-alarm_clock|calculated alarm KPIs]]
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-===== Getting the connector =====
+===== Getting the Industrial Connector =====
-Intelligent Plant's Industrial App Store Power BI Connector is Microsoft Certified and distributed with Power BI Desktop as of the [[https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/tag/intelligent-plants-industrial-app-store/|(May 2019)]] update.
+Intelligent Plant's Industrial Connector for Power BI is Microsoft Certified and distributed with Power BI Desktop as of the [[https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/tag/intelligent-plants-industrial-app-store/|(May 2019)]] update.
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-===== Connect to your data =====
+===== How to Access the Industrial Connector and Connect to your data =====
-  - Open Power BI Desktop.
+Intelligent Plant's Industrial Connector is accessible via Power BI Desktop.
-  - Click "Get Data" on the Home tab and search for "Industrial App Store".
-  - Sign in to the Industrial App Store using either service provided.
+If your organisation already has a license for the Industrial Connector, follow the steps below on how to access it, or watch our [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0c59MeByRU|video walkthrough]]
-  - Select the data source you would like to query.
-  - Use the "Tag Search" function to perform tag searches, "Get Processed" function to get data from your data source in a variety of aggregations, and "Get Plot" function, designed specifically for visualising your operational data.
+Before going through the steps, please make sure you have Power BI Desktop installed. You can download it via [[https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-gb/downloads/|Microsoft's official website]]
-  - Enter your tag name(s), start date, end date, function and interval/point count.
-  - Click "Load" to import the queried dataset into the dashboard.
+  - Open up Power BI Desktop.
+  - On the Home tab, select "Get Data".
+  - Enter in "Industrial App Store" and click "Connect".
+  - Click "Sign In". The App Authorization page will pop up (if you have used and authorized the connector before, you may not see this window. Skip to step 7.)
+  - Select which data sources you wish to use on Power BI Desktop by clicking on them. When selected, they will turn green. Note - If you do not see the data source you need, please contact your Administrator.
+  - Scroll to the bottom of the App Authorization page and click "I agree - sign me into Power BI Connector".
+  - Click "Connect" and the Navigator window will open within Power BI.
+  - You can begin entering in your query. Details on how to create a query can be found further down on this page. Alternatively, our video walkthrough provides explanation.
 {{ :power_bi_connector:ias-connector-01.png?600 | Connect to your data}}
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 ===== Video Walkthrough =====
-For more information, you can check our [[https://youtu.be/b0c59MeByRU?si=ikmEQ7iJ5Q1s5d1s | Power BI Connector YouTube walkthrough]].
+For more information, you can check our [[https://youtu.be/b0c59MeByRU?si=ikmEQ7iJ5Q1s5d1s | Industrial Connector YouTube walkthrough]].
-**Please note, the connector has received updates since the creation of this video - the configuration will look different now, however it remains fundamentally similar. **
 Feel free to [[https://www.intelligentplant.com/contact.html | get in touch with us]] if you need assistance setting up the connector or if you have any questions.
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 ===== Licensing =====
-Customers need to purchase a subscription in order to retrieve data using Industrial App Store (IAS) Connector. Please[[https://www.intelligentplant.com/contactus|contact Intelligent Plant]] or ping us an email at info@intelligentplant.com if you have questions.
+Customers need to purchase a subscription in order to retrieve data using the Industrial Connector. Please[[https://www.intelligentplant.com/contactus|contact Intelligent Plant]] or ping us an email at info@intelligentplant.com if you have questions.
-  * An unlicensed data response in IAS Connector will look like this:
+  * An unlicensed data response in Industrial Connector will look like this:
 {{ :power_bi_connector:unlicensed_request_-_full.png?nolink&800 | Unlicensed request - full}}