Most teams that want to report on ServiceNow data in Power BI or Tableau start by extracting it — piping it to Snowflake, a data lake, or a warehouse. That works, but the moment data leaves ServiceNow, it starts aging and someone has to maintain the pipeline. Live Connect is a different approach: a standard SQL endpoint backed by RaptorDB Pro that lets your BI tools query ServiceNow data directly, with your existing ACLs enforced and no data movement required. This guide walks you through the complete setup, SQL patterns, and BI tool-specific notes.