Install BI Connector on Windows¶

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Prerequisites
MongoDB User Permissions
Install the BI Connector
Launch the BI Connector

Note

The MongoDB Connector for BI and associated utilities are compatible only with MongoDB server version 3.2 or greater.

To set up MongoDB Connector for BI with a business intelligence tool such as Tableau, follow the steps on this page.

Prerequisites¶

Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 installed on your host.

MongoDB User Permissions¶

If your MongoDB instance uses authentication, your BI Connector instance must also use authentication. The user that connects to MongoDB via the mongosqld program must have permission to list all of the databases in your MongoDB deployment, as well as permission to read from all the namespaces to wish to read data from.

For more details about MongoDB user permissions in BI Connector, see User Permissions for Cached Sampling.

Install the BI Connector¶

1

Download the MongoDB Connector for BI.¶

Download the BI Connector from the MongoDB Download Center.

2

Install the MongoDB Connector for BI.¶

Run the downloaded .msi file.
Follow the wizard instructions to install the files. The binaries install into a bin directory inside the installation directory.

3

Install the Authentication Plugin¶

If your MongoDB instance uses authentication, your BI Connector instance also needs to use authentication. The BI Connector authentication plugin simplifies the process by authenticating directly against MongoDB without SSL certificates.

Install the C Authentication Plugin

Launch the BI Connector¶

You are now ready to launch the BI Connector. The following guide contains detailed information on BI Connector configuration, schema generation, and launch options:

Launch BI Connector

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