How to Activate Replicon

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Deltek Replicon helps you manage time, projects, pay and labor compliance in one unified solution.

Its full potential can be unlocked through in-depth analytics, and that is where Power BI and BI Book complements it perfectly.

Instructions on how to connect Replicon to Power BI via BI Book

To get started, please provide us with:

  • Your instance’s ‘swimlane’

    • (the three digits preceding .replicon.com in its URL, like sb1, na7, eu1, etc) matches the swimlane shown in the reference page’s URL

  • Your company name (the one you use to login)

  • Username

  • Password

Checks

  • Ensure the account you set up has sufficient rights fir viewing all data (Admin rights). Please see Delteks help site for more details on permissions Deltek Learning Hub.

    • We will use these to automatically set up permission sets and generate and maintain access tokens.

  • Also, please ensure that your Replicon plan supports the integration as it requires that Replicon has exported your data to their Google BigQuery.

  • Note: content may vary depending on which Deltek products you have active (ProjectTime, TimeBill, and, for example, Workforce management contain different datasets).

⚠️NOTE: We only ask for these credentials in cases of Proof of Concepts. Otherwise, you will be inputting these directly into the integrations section within BI Book (see the next subsection). Do not share these credentials with us through any other means than our support generated SendSafely links.

How to connect to Replicon data via BI Book

  • You need to have a BI Book account to be able to connect your Replicon data to BI Book.

  • If you already have a BI Book environment, please navigate to BI Book Store > find Replicon in custom integrations > press Connect Service.

    • The integration will ask for the inputs described above and then will start automatically.

    • The report will be published as soon as the data has been retrieved. This can take up to a few hours, depending on the amount of data your account contains.

    • Do not try to reactivate. Please contact us if the report is not available within two hours.

Technical implementation

  • See Replicons API documentation for more details: API authentication

  • Replicon supports a custom MEZ file (Power BI Connector) that can be utilized, however that data update frequency may very and the content of the data can be limited. It is prefered to connect to Deltek Replicon though the API as to ensure a more robust data pipeline.