Functionalities in Power BI Desktop disabled when makeing a live connection

[JoSwinnen1]

Hi all,

I have a couple of questions about Power BI Desktop when you make a live connection with a dataset in the Power BI server: 

- Do I need to make sure that all the data is already correct, like for instance datatypes, in the dataset in Power BI Server because I cannot use Power Query to change anything? 

- Do I need to make the Calendar ready in the dataset in Power BI Server since I cannot add any tables when making a live connection? 

Because I find it annoying that I always need to contact IT to make changes to the dataset, while I know that I normally can do these things in Power BI Desktop. 

Any advice how to handle this? 

Thanks a lot,

Kind regards,

Jo 

[amitchandak · Accepted solution]

@JoSwinnen1 , Each type of connection has limitation, 

Import -> Power BI Manage Data and Model

Direct - Power BI Manage Model

Live - Both Model and Data manage bi source

Because these , there are limitations

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-report-lifecycle-datasets#considerati...

[v-shex-msft · Accepted solution]

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[amitchandak · Accepted solution]

@JoSwinnen1 , Each type of connection has limitation, 

Import -> Power BI Manage Data and Model

Direct - Power BI Manage Model

Live - Both Model and Data manage bi source

Because these , there are limitations

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-report-lifecycle-datasets#considerati...