Purchasing Power BI License

Available to Faculty/Staff is Power BI Pro for free and Power BI Premium for purchase. Power BI Free is available to all Northwestern.

For Inquiries or to Request the free version of Power BI fill out the Power BI Request Form. For information on Power BI products see our Power BI Service Page.

Access Shopper Login

1. Log into iBuyNU as "Shopper".
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Add to Cart and Checkout

2. Scroll down the "Showcases" section on the right-hand side and navigate to the "Computers, Printers, Software Computer Supplies - Punchout" section and click on the CDW-G Computer Supplies block.
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3. Select the "Microsoft Software Titles" link on the left-hand panel. Then click on  “Microsoft Power BI [Product]” you want to purchase.
Note: A premium add on is also available if you have Pro and want to upgrade
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4. Select the amount you would like to purchase, then click "Add to Cart". Then select "View Cart" to navigate to your CDW-G Shopping Cart. 
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5. Next, click "Check Out" which will then populate your iBuyNU Shopping Cart.
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Assign Cart or Finalize Cart Review

6. Once in your shopping cart you can "Assign Cart" to an authorized department purchaser OR "Finalize Cart Review" if you are the purchaser
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You will most likely need to assign this cart.

For “Assign Cart” you will forward the order to your authorized department purchaser

  •  This will typically be a financial admin, if you do not know who that is you manager may be able to advise
  1. Add in who to assign this cart to, you will have to search by any one of the User Search criteria below
  2. We recommend adding your Chart String and reference who the purchase is for in the “Note to Assignee”
  3. And lastly "Assign" which will move this order into the purchaser's queue for processing
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