https://www.pachadata.com/en/docs/howtos/analytics/Recent content in BI features on Rudi BruchezHugoenhttps://www.pachadata.com/en/docs/howtos/analytics/mongodb-bi-connector/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://www.pachadata.com/en/docs/howtos/analytics/mongodb-bi-connector/<p>You want to use your reporting or dashboard tool — <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/sql/reporting-services/create-deploy-and-manage-mobile-and-paginated-reports">SQL Server Reporting Services</a> or Power BI — against MongoDB. How do you go about it?</p> <p>These tools send SQL queries to data servers that speak SQL. MongoDB, however, is a document-oriented database engine that handles JSON through a proprietary query language, entirely different from SQL. Is there a way round that?</p> <p>To bridge the gap, MongoDB developed an intermediate layer called the <a href="https://www.mongodb.com/docs/bi-connector/current/">MongoDB Connector for BI</a>.</p>