I am creating a dashboard with database that is hosted on Azure, I can setup a connection with azure database in power bi desktop but real time streaming is not possible in case of power bi desktop. It's possible if I create a dashboard in Power BI online.
But in power bi online I don't have option for data modeling. I want to know is there any way I can perform some data modelling or transformation ?
Please provide some link also if possible.
Thanks for your time.
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Is there a way to connect to power bi services workspace/dataset via excel power query?
Excel can connect via Get Data>>>From Power platform but is there a way to connect via excel power query?
There is a power platform section in power query but not to the power bi platform, is there an add-in or driver that can be installed to make the connection available?
There is an old process that connects to an azure DB which needs to be replaced and hoping to find a way to connect to PBI dataset rather than rebuild the whole process?
If the Power BI is published to the service, use Data > Get Data > From Power Platform > From Power BI.
You cannot use Power Query to get data from published Power BI datasets.
You can connect to the dataset, or you need an entry point further upstream, such as in a dataflow, to connect to the tabular data for further processing in Power Query.
Could someone clarify to me if Azure Analysis Service is still an architecture component that we have to consider if we decide to adopt Azure Synapse as DWH environment ?
The question comes in oder to understand if there is some best practise in plase in order to interconnect Power BI with Synapse avoiding to maintain another layer (e.g. Analysis Services).
The feature set isn't 100% identical, but at a high level a Power BI Dataset = AAS database. They use the same engine, so you only need to maintain a separate AAS instance if there is a feature currently available in AAS not currently implemented in Power BI.
I would like to use our azure search index as data source for Power BI dashboard/report. Is there any azure search service connector available for power bi like document DB connector ?.
I don't know where the data is stored in the Azure Search? Please suggest me a way for connecting the data with power BI.
Note: Not asking about the Azure Search Traffic Analytics.https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/visualizing-azure-search-data-with-power-bi/
Thanks in Advance!
I understand you are not interested in traffic analytics. I am also assuming that you are not interested in displaying index statistics.
The actual structure of the "inverted index" created using Azure Search is not exposed, so there is no way for you to visualize it in PowerBI.
Luis Cabrera
Program Manager
Cloud AI Platform - Microsoft
According to this: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/unleashing-insights-from-data-in-documentdb-with-power-bi/ DocumentDB connector is available for both Power Bi online and Power Bi Desktop.
But when I go to Get Data -> Databases in Power Bi online, I do not see any way to connect to Document DB. I can see the connector only in Power Bi Desktop.
Is Document DB supported as data source in Power Bi online? if no, is there any workaround to make it work? I have a requirement to feed schema-less data (located in Azure) to Power Bi online, I'm searching for any way to do it, whether this is Document DB or some other NoSQL database
please allow me to clarify that connectivity to a DocumentDB account via PowerBI.com is actually there. Currently, the "Get Data" in PowerBI.com only offers data sources with DirectQuery capability. Please see this article on DirectQuery. We are working to support DirectQuery in future. For now, there are two ways to push DocumentDB data to PowerBI.com. The first method is what Denny has suggested: build the report via PowerBI Desktop and publish the report to PowerBI.com. The second method is to leverage PowerBI API to connect and push data from a DocumentDB account to PowerBI.com.
First of all, I'd like to apologize for my initial answer as I completely missed your key issue about utilizing Power BI Online. Allow me to try to make amends by attempting a more complete and proper answer.
In the case of Power BI Online, because the Power BI-to-DocumentDB connector is currently in beta, it is not available as a data source within Power BI Online under the Get Data section as you noted. Saying this, you can create a connection to DocumentDB using the Power BI desktop, publish it to Power BI Online, and then refresh it within Power BI Online. Following the "Power BI tutorial for DocumentDB: Visualize data using the Power BI connector" tutorial, here is a screenshot of running the data refresh on PowerBI.com using the credentials to your DocumentDB database.
Note, there are is already a request on the Power BI Ideas forum to have DocumentDB available directly within Power BI Online - you can read more and vote for it (if appropriate) at: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/7160908-documentdb.
Some additional references that may be helpful:
Data Refresh in Power BI: Here is some additional information about how Data Refresh works in Power BI.
Power BI Content Packs: For more information on connectors between Power BI and other data sources, please reference Content Packs.
I successfully managed to connect a java application to Power BI REST API and managed to create a dataset and added some data.
I can view this data from Power BI web interface, make reports, graph etc.
Is it possible to connect Power BI Desktop to this datasets and create custom reports from there?
I'm asking this because the desktop application seems to be more complete. You can edit column names, merge tables, etc. all things that are not available in the web application.
Thanks all for the help.
The Power BI Desktop does not support connecting to real-time data sets in the Power BI service at this time.
Could you submit this as a request to https://ideas.powerbi.com?
It is possible to use REST API Dataset in Power Bi Desktop since April 2017 and it worked for me in the latest version of Power BI Desktop.
But even though you can create reports based on datasets from Power BI Service, you still cannot edit column names, merge tables, etc.
The features is called Power BI service Live connection.
To establish a connection to the published report, and create your own report based on the published dataset, select Get Data from the Home ribbon in Power BI Desktop, and select Power BI service. You can also select it from Get Data > Online Services > Power BI service.
After the report is finished, you can publish your report by selecting Publish from the Home ribbon in Power BI Desktop.
More details on Power BI documentation page.