If you need to automate the installation of BI Connector to a number of desktops or servers,  then you can install BI Connector in a silent install mode using the following steps.

Note: Please make sure to run the command prompt/script as an administrator, while doing silent installation/uninstallation.

If you are using any BI Connector version 5.16 or below, please uninstall the existing EXE package manually before installing the MSI package.

The steps below are provided for the Tableau Connector package. The same steps are applicable to the Power BI Connector package also.

Step 1: Extract

After downloading BI Connector, 

• Extract the BIConnector-Desktop-Edition-x64-Tableau(x.x.x.xxxx).msi file by double-clicking on it.  
• The following 3 files will be extracted from the zip file. 

1. BIConnector-Desktop-Edition-x64-Tableau(x.x.x.xxxx).msi
2. BIConnector-Readmore-Tableau.txt 
3. BIConnector-TrialLicenseKey-Tableau.txt

Step 2: Installation

1. Open your command prompt as an administrator.
   
2. To do the silent installation, please execute the following command from the folder where you had extracted the BI Connector, as mentioned in Step 1: 
   

   "C:\Users\Guidanz_Admin\Desktop\BIConnector-Desktop-Edition-x64-Tableau\BIConnector-Desktop-Edition-x64-Tableau(X.X.X.XXXX).msi"

   Example

   Command should be within double quotes - "C:\Users\Guidanz_Admin\Desktop\BIConnector-Desktop-Edition-x64-PowerBI(5.16.0.1026)\BIConnector-Desktop-Edition-x64-PowerBI(5.16.0.1026).msi"

   
   
   

3. After the above step, check the "C:/Program Files/BI Connector" folder. BI Connector will be installed.
   Note: If an older version of BI Connector was already installed on the machine, you'll first need to execute step 3 to uninstall the existing version.

Step 3: Uninstallation

1. Open your command prompt as an administrator.
2. To do the silent uninstallation, please execute the following command from the folder where you had extracted the BI Connector, as mentioned in Step 1: 
   

   msiexec.exe /x "C:\Users\Guidanz_Admin\Desktop\BIConnector-Desktop-Edition-x64-Tableau(X.X.X.XXXX).msi"

   Example

   Command should be within double quotes - msiexec.exe /x  "C:\Users\Guidanz_Admin\Desktop\BIConnector-Desktop-Edition-x64-PowerBI(5.16.0.1026)\BIConnector-Desktop-Edition-x64-PowerBI(5.16.0.1026).msi"

   
   
   
   

If you have any questions or issues, we are just a click away. Contact us at support@biconnector.com or file a ticket at the support portal.