Using MariaDB ColumnStore with Power BI for Visualization and Reporting
summary
MariaDB ColumnStore runs as a pluggable columnar engine that uses distributed storage and MPP to run analytics on billions of rows; the demo connects Power BI via the MariaDB ODBC connector and uses direct query so millions of historical BTS flight rows (1990s–present) stay on the server and Power BI receives only result sets. The engine adds an insert cache 4,700× faster for many small inserts, deletes run ~6× faster, bulk loads use CPMImport, and scaling has no CPU limit across nodes.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Start
- 0:23Intro
- 0:53About MariaDB ColumnStore
- 3:11Row-oriented vs. column-oriented
- 4:39How indexes work on columns
- 5:48Latest Release Enhancements
- 9:32Connect to PowerBI: ODBC driver
- 11:00Connect PowerBI
- 14:38Exploring MariaDB ColumnStore data inside PowerBI
- 15:34Visualizing MariaDB ColumnStore data inside PowerBI
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