How to load a csv from a remote host Power BI desktop

[abalgir]

Hello,

I have a csv file saved on a Digital Ocean droplet. I need to load this csv in Power BI desktop to do some analysis.

How I can configure that in Power BI. I have the ssh right to the droplet set correctly.

Thank you

[TeigeGao · Accepted solution]

Hi @abalgir ,

Based on my test, PowerBI desktop cannot support ssh directly, as a workaround, we can select one from the following methods:

Configuring FTP on remote server, PowerBI can use an FTP URL through the "From Web" connector.

Another workaround is using Python script to get csv file via ssh, then convert it to Pandas data frames, after that import PowerBI desktop.

Read a file from server with SSH using Python: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1596963/read-a-file-from-server-with-ssh-using-python

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Run Python scripts in Power BI Desktop:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-python-scripts

Best Regards,

Teige

[abalgir]

Thank you,

I checked the Python script, it has limitations to :

Dataframe size

150,000 rows

My data is 100 millions rows and growing, and needs to be refreshed on a schedule. 

I also found out in a blog that Power BI does not support ftp  scheduled refresh method , which is a need for me 😞

I appreciate the help

Gerard