Microsoft Power BI
Connection and object support require review
Record types to review with Stacksync
| Record types | Coverage and requirements |
|---|---|
| Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need. |
Analytics / Data warehouse · Two-way sync platform
Microsoft Power BI and Starburst Enterprise integration
Plan how Microsoft Power BI and Starburst Enterprise should share data across your business. Work with Stacksync engineers on record mapping, system access, and the requirements for running the integration.
- Scope your workflow with an integration engineer
- Review the systems, records, and updates you need
Integration planning
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Proposed workflow
Event or activity reporting workflow
Planning example. Stacksync support for the required connection and record operations needs a technical review.
Starting eventA change involving Microsoft Power BI Refresh History or the proposed event or activity table in Starburst Enterprise needs a defined result in the other system.
Start with Microsoft Power BI Refresh History and the proposed event or activity table in Starburst Enterprise. Use the record-matching and field-ownership rules from your mapping worksheet.
Resolve the related customer, user, or transaction identity without assuming the event ID is the entity ID.
Test a normal update and one failed or repeated update in the supported direction. Keep both record IDs with the test results.
What to verifyDeliver the same event twice, then an older event after a newer one; verify duplicate and ordering behavior.
Review records and field ownershipProposed record relationships
Records to connect
Use these examples to define record matching and field ownership for your technical review.
Download the mapping worksheetCSV · No email required
| Microsoft Power BI record | Starburst Enterprise record | Record matching | Field ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Refresh HistoryProposed record; confirm Stacksync object support.Reporting dataset | Proposed event or activity tableProposed table; choose its name and schema. | Keep the source event ID, source system, occurrence time, and ingestion time. Use an explicit duplicate-detection key. | Decide whether the destination stores an immutable history or only a current-state summary. |
These relationships do not establish connector availability. Review the required connection and record operations with Stacksync.
Record coverage to review
Use documented coverage where available. Catalog record types are starting points for review and do not confirm Stacksync support.
Starburst Enterprise
Connection and object support require review
Record types to review with Stacksync
| Record types | Coverage and requirements |
|---|---|
| Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need. |
Connection essentials
Confirm Stacksync support and account requirements for undocumented connections. Interface information alone does not establish connector availability.
View setup requirements and limits| Connection requirement | Microsoft Power BI | Starburst Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Integration interface | Power BI REST API, including the Execute Queries (DAX) endpoint and admin scanner APIs; a read-write XMLA endpoint is available on Premium, Premium-Per-User, and Fabric capacity. | ANSI SQL over JDBC/ODBC drivers and the Trino client REST protocol |
| Authentication | Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for Microsoft Power BI. | Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for Starburst Enterprise. |
| Change detection | Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need. | Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need. |
| Read access | Confirm with Stacksync | Confirm with Stacksync |
| Write access | Confirm with Stacksync | Confirm with Stacksync |
Enterprise controls
Security and control for your integrations
Explore security controlsCompliance and data transfers
As a data company, we understand the importance of keeping your data secure. Stacksync is built with security best practices to keep your data safe at every layer, and is DPF-certified for US, EU, UK and CH data transfers.
- SOC 2 Type II
- ISO 27001
- HIPAA BAA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- DPF US-EU-UK-CH
SSO & SCIM
Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.
Alerts
Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.
Secure connection options
Securely connects to your systems with:
Record-level recovery
Inspect sync errors and use retry and revert controls to resolve failed updates.
Read the recovery guideImplementation
Technical reference
Review setup, record relationships, testing, and recovery for your implementation.
Authentication, permissions and API limits
Connection requirements and limits
Microsoft Power BI
- Integration interface
- Power BI REST API, including the Execute Queries (DAX) endpoint and admin scanner APIs; a read-write XMLA endpoint is available on Premium, Premium-Per-User, and Fabric capacity.
- Authentication
- Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for Microsoft Power BI.
- Change detection
- Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
- Read access
- Confirm with Stacksync
- Write access
- Confirm with Stacksync
Setup requirements
- Identify the Microsoft Power BI account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
- Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for Microsoft Power BI, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.
Limitations to check
- Confirm Stacksync support for Microsoft Power BI and the record types your workflow needs.
- Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.
Starburst Enterprise
- Integration interface
- ANSI SQL over JDBC/ODBC drivers and the Trino client REST protocol
- Authentication
- Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for Starburst Enterprise.
- Change detection
- Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
- Read access
- Confirm with Stacksync
- Write access
- Confirm with Stacksync
Setup requirements
- Identify the Starburst Enterprise account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
- Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for Starburst Enterprise, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.
Limitations to check
- Confirm Stacksync support for Starburst Enterprise and the record types your workflow needs.
- Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.
Prepare Microsoft Power BI and Starburst Enterprise access
Set up both accounts before testing the mapping. Use test records where available, and identify the account administrator who can approve access and help resolve setup errors.
Microsoft Power BI setup checklist
- Identify the Microsoft Power BI account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
- Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for Microsoft Power BI, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.
Starburst Enterprise setup checklist
- Identify the Starburst Enterprise account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
- Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for Starburst Enterprise, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.
Prepare to go live
Record the fields each system can update, the first-load cutoff, both record IDs, the expected update delay, and who handles errors. Complete the tests before production before expanding to more records.
Use the Microsoft Power BI and Starburst Enterprise planning worksheet to capture these decisions. Record the access owner in the worksheet and enter credentials only in the connection setup.
Record identity and field ownership
Use these data-model references to describe the records your connection needs. They are planning examples; connector availability and supported operations must be established before implementation.
Download the mapping worksheet · CSV, no email required
Reporting dataset
Refresh History / Proposed event or activity table in Starburst Enterprise (choose its name)
Plan a event or activity dataset while preserving its source meaning.
Planning example. Stacksync support for the required connection and record operations needs a technical review.
- Microsoft Power BI
- Object support to establish
- Starburst Enterprise
- Your database schema
- Record identity
- Keep the source event ID, source system, occurrence time, and ingestion time. Use an explicit duplicate-detection key.
- Field ownership
- Decide whether the destination stores an immutable history or only a current-state summary.
Fields to include
- Source event ID
- Event type
- Occurred-at time
- Related record ID
- Payload version
- Record dependencies
- Resolve the related customer, user, or transaction identity without assuming the event ID is the entity ID.
- Validation
- Deliver the same event twice, then an older event after a newer one; verify duplicate and ordering behavior.
- Recovery
- Identify side effects already completed before replaying an event; use the agreed deduplication key.
Compare integration approaches
Choose a method around one example record and the update your business needs. Use Refresh History / Proposed event or activity table in Starburst Enterprise (choose its name) to review record matching and confirm Stacksync support for the required operations. Compare ongoing sync, a custom workflow, and a scheduled export against that requirement.
Stacksync managed sync
- Best fit
- Review compatibility with a Stacksync engineer using an example of the records and updates you need.
- Operating responsibility
- Fits ongoing record synchronization when the required operations are supported. Add workflow steps for approvals or business actions that go beyond copying fields.
- Before you choose
- Check record matching: Keep the source event ID, source system, occurrence time, and ingestion time. Use an explicit duplicate-detection key. Verify field coverage, deletion handling, and how changes are detected.
Native vendor integration
- Best fit
- A vendor-built integration may fit if it supports your Microsoft Power BI and Starburst Enterprise record types.
- Operating responsibility
- Can reduce setup for a supported workflow. You may need another method for records or business steps it does not cover.
- Before you choose
- First check whether either vendor offers this integration. If available, verify Refresh History / Proposed event or activity table in Starburst Enterprise (choose its name), update direction, account tier, and related-record handling.
Custom API or workflow
- Best fit
- Consider when Microsoft Power BI and Starburst Enterprise need a transformation, approval, or action outside a direct record sync.
- Operating responsibility
- Provides control over business steps; the team owns credentials, version changes, error queues, and reconciliation.
- Before you choose
- Verify endpoint permissions, pagination, quotas, duplicate detection, and failure recovery.
File or scheduled snapshot
- Best fit
- Consider for a one-time Microsoft Power BI / Starburst Enterprise migration or a reporting need with an explicit freshness window.
- Operating responsibility
- Can simplify a bounded transfer; later changes and deletion history require another extraction or a separately designed incremental process.
- Before you choose
- Record the extraction cutoff, source IDs, encoding, date/number formats, and reconciliation totals.
Workflow scenarios and expected results
Event or activity reporting workflow
Planning example. Stacksync support for the required connection and record operations needs a technical review.
Starting event: A change to the selected Refresh History or Proposed event or activity table in Starburst Enterprise (choose its name) record needs a defined result in the other system.
- Start with Microsoft Power BI Refresh History and Starburst Enterprise Proposed event or activity table in Starburst Enterprise (choose its name). Use the record-matching and field-ownership rules from your mapping worksheet.
- Resolve the related customer, user, or transaction identity without assuming the event ID is the entity ID.
- Test a normal update and one failed or repeated update in the supported direction. Keep both record IDs with the test results.
Expected result: Deliver the same event twice, then an older event after a newer one; verify duplicate and ordering behavior.
If it fails: Identify side effects already completed before replaying an event; use the agreed deduplication key.
Compare Microsoft Power BI and Starburst Enterprise reporting data
This is an evaluation scenario; connector and operation support require confirmation.
Starting event: An analytical result from Microsoft Power BI must be reconciled with or displayed alongside a selected destination dataset.
- Select Refresh History or Activity Events (Audit Log) and record what each row measures, how records are grouped, the timezone, and the reporting cutoff.
- Map the analytical entity key to the business record in Starburst Enterprise; an aggregate row is not equivalent to an individual transaction.
- If an output will be written back, name its owner and carry a computation timestamp so stale results can be recognized.
Expected result: Totals compare the same time window and level of detail; late-arriving data produces a traceable revision rather than an unexplained overwrite.
If it fails: Recompute the selected window and check entity mapping before sending the result again.
Initial load and acceptance testing
Keep both record IDs with the expected and actual result. Reconcile the same filters and time window in each system.
Refresh History / Proposed event or activity table in Starburst Enterprise (choose its name)
Test case
Deliver the same event twice, then an older event after a newer one; verify duplicate and ordering behavior.
Expected result
The expected event or activity relationship is preserved with no duplicate action or unintended write.
Direction and permissions
Test case
Bring an example source record and the intended destination operation to the compatibility review. Confirm the supported route before granting write access.
Expected result
Only an approved, supported direction and permitted fields are written.
Freshness and reconciliation
Test case
Measure source and destination times for the selected records under normal load and a burst. Reconcile IDs and values using the same filters and cutoff.
Expected result
The process meets its agreed freshness target and reconciliation has no unexplained differences.
Failed updates, retries and recovery
Start with the failed record and the destination error, then inspect the source value, field requirements, and access.
Rejected or repeated event or activity change
Investigate
Inspect Microsoft Power BI Refresh History and Starburst Enterprise Proposed event or activity table in Starburst Enterprise (choose its name), their IDs, and the destination error.
Next action
Identify side effects already completed before replaying an event; use the agreed deduplication key.
A record type or update is unavailable
Investigate
Check the Microsoft Power BI and Starburst Enterprise connector guides, account permissions, and any operations marked On Request.
Next action
Ask the integration team to confirm a supported way to handle that record. Verify whether it needs connector configuration or a separate workflow step.
Source and destination disagree after a retry
Investigate
Compare current source values, destination validation, identity mappings, and any side effects already completed.
Next action
Stacksync issue retry reads the current source state. Decide the intended state before retrying or reverting; reconcile downstream effects separately.
Read the Stacksync issues dashboard guide for retry and revert behavior.
Change detection and update delivery
How updates move between Microsoft Power BI and Starburst Enterprise
See how each system detects changes and which updates the other system can receive. Each direction has its own permissions and record requirements.
Microsoft Power BI Starburst Enterprise Direction requires confirmation
Detect changesConfirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
Apply updatesConfirm that Stacksync can create or update the records you need in Starburst Enterprise.
Starburst Enterprise Microsoft Power BI Direction requires confirmation
Detect changesConfirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
Apply updatesConfirm that Stacksync can create or update the records you need in Microsoft Power BI.
Update timing and record limits
- Measure initial-load and ongoing-change latency separately. Source detection, selected objects, account limits, and destination validation determine the observed delay.
- Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.
- Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.
FAQ
Microsoft Power BI and Starburst Enterprise integration FAQ
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Explore a Microsoft Power BI and Starburst Enterprise integration with a Stacksync engineer. Stacksync support for Microsoft Power BI and Starburst Enterprise is not established by the connector documentation reviewed for this page. Start with one record and the update your business needs to identify an implementation path.
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Confirm two-way support with Stacksync for the records and fields you need in both systems. Access to a vendor API does not confirm that its Stacksync connector supports write-back.
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Prepare both accounts, the selected object schemas, stable source and destination IDs, and the expected outcome. Identify the Microsoft Power BI account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access. Identify the Starburst Enterprise account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access. Use the pair worksheet to record ownership and acceptance criteria.
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Measure initial-load and ongoing-change latency separately. Source detection, selected objects, account limits, and destination validation determine the observed delay.
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No. Stacksync documents that pre-existing duplicates are not merged automatically when two-way sync begins. Review the initial dataset and matching plan before enabling it; an empty destination can simplify the first load.
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Start with one business entity and a stable record ID. Map a small set of editable fields with compatible types, test required values and relationships, then expand after the pilot passes.
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Check the destination error, field constraints, permissions, and current source value. The Stacksync issues dashboard supports retry and revert; retry reads current source values, so verify the intended record state before acting.
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Use the current Stacksync pricing page and confirm the supported implementation with the team. Scope the required objects, record volume, update frequency, initial load, and support needs when comparing a managed connector with native or custom development.
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Start by reviewing Refresh History in Microsoft Power BI and Proposed event or activity table in Starburst Enterprise (choose its name) in Starburst Enterprise. Check how these records relate in your workflow, then confirm the actual fields and supported operations. Test record matching and one failed or repeated update before adding more records.
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Choose a method around one example record and the update your business needs. Use Refresh History / Proposed event or activity table in Starburst Enterprise (choose its name) to review record matching and confirm Stacksync support for the required operations. Compare ongoing sync, a custom workflow, and a scheduled export against that requirement.
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Next step
Plan your integration with an engineer
Walk through your Microsoft Power BI and Starburst Enterprise records, field mappings, and requirements with an integration engineer.
