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AkashTiwari2124
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PBI Live connection by SSAS

Can I add another dataset when I choose a live connection in power bi desktop using SSAS?

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v-yiruan-msft
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Hi @AkashTiwari2124 ,

You can get the answer to your question from the following official documentation.

Connect to Analysis Services tabular data in Power BI Desktop

Question: If I created a live connection, can I connect to another data source in the same Power BI Desktop file?

Answer: No. You can't explore live data and connect to another type of data source in the same file. If you’ve already imported data or connected to a different data source in a Power BI Desktop file, you need to create a new file to explore live.


In addition, this blog below explains what live connection is and how it works, and you can get more information about live connection from it.

Live Connection; When Power BI comes Hybrid
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v-yiruan-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @AkashTiwari2124 ,

You can get the answer to your question from the following official documentation.

Connect to Analysis Services tabular data in Power BI Desktop

Question: If I created a live connection, can I connect to another data source in the same Power BI Desktop file?

Answer: No. You can't explore live data and connect to another type of data source in the same file. If you’ve already imported data or connected to a different data source in a Power BI Desktop file, you need to create a new file to explore live.


In addition, this blog below explains what live connection is and how it works, and you can get more information about live connection from it.

Live Connection; When Power BI comes Hybrid
If you got the answer you wanted, could you please mark the helpful post as Answered? This will also help the others in the community to find the solution easily if they have a problem similar to yours. Thank you.

Best Regards

Community Support Team _ Rena
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
AkashTiwari2124
Frequent Visitor

Ok Thank you

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@AkashTiwari2124 , 2 connections can not be live. Once you add one more connection it fill make it direct query

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