# Can I use PowerBI with QuestDB?

**URL:** <https://community.questdb.com/t/can-i-use-powerbi-with-questdb/26>\
**Category:** Community\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [June 26, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.questdb.com/t/can-i-use-powerbi-with-questdb/26 "2024-06-26T17:53:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/questdb/original/1X/b6b1b349e598d0550947e63d7923a9d7df0279eb.png) [@system](https://community.questdb.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.questdb.com/t/can-i-use-powerbi-with-questdb/26/1 "2024-06-26T17:53:33Z")

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I use PowerBI for exploratory data anaylsis and saw that QuestDB has Postgres connector support, but encountered some errors using it when I tried connecting the two.

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/questdb/original/1X/9f18357234e8c403f2e8b09b1efeacbd8681e7ae.png)

Is PowerBI supported over Postgres wire or is there some other way I can use it with QuestDB?

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**Author:** ![nwoolmer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.questdb.com/nwoolmer/32/24_2.png) [@nwoolmer](https://community.questdb.com/u/nwoolmer)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.questdb.com/t/can-i-use-powerbi-with-questdb/26/2 "2024-06-26T17:54:24Z")

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QuestDB does support Postgres wire protocol, but some third party applications try to use Postgres-specific features that aren’t supported.

As a workaround, you can use the Web connector against the **/exp** endpoint, which allows you to run queries and export a CSV. For example, with a url like:

```auto
http://localhost:9000/exp?query=tables()

```

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/questdb/original/1X/09a9f1782d87cde7aa4145a5388e25ff8f27aa05.png)

QuestDB has a Grafana plugin, and users report that other tools such as Azure Data Studio and JetBrains IDEs work.