DirectQuery enabled but not working

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

I would like to use DirectQuery for creating a composite model out of 4 different datasets. The datasets get fed from One Drive csv files and get refreshed eveyr hour, they are placed in Power Service (PowerBI online) and I can only connect one at a time. They're placed in a premium workspace - not My Workspace. 

I did enable DirectQuery for PBI datasets and AS, and I did restart the application. However when I connect the dataset, I'm not getting that "Make changes to this model" button at the bottom and the Get data options on the ribbon remain greyed out. I'm putting a screenshot below, and after it the troubleshooting I've tried. Do you know what might be the issue?

I've tried to:

• Untick and tick back the DirectQuery option, both while restarting and not restarting the app
• Reinstall the desktop app
• Use different datasets as xlsx

[amitchandak]

@Anonymous , Ffor power bi Dataflow to work as direct query, you also need to set -Enhance compute engine on - Under dataflow setting

[Anonymous]

Thank @amitchandak 

Where can I find this setting? My data is set as datasets in Service, not dataflows, or does that not matter?

[v-rzhou-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous 

There are some considerations and limitations for using directquery for Power BI Dataset. 

• To be able to make a DirectQuery connection to a Power BI dataset, your tenant needs to have "Allow XMLA Endpoints and Analyze in Excel with on-premises datasets" enabled.

• For premium capacities, the "XMLA endpoint" should be set to either "Read Only" or "Read/Write".

• If using a classic workspace in combination with this feature, it is not sufficient to set permissions on the dataset itself. For classic workspaces, all users accessing reports that leverage this feature must be members of the workspace. Consider upgrading classic workspaces to new workspaces to avoid this situation.

You can refer to this offical blog  to learn more details.

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

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