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gvg
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Dynamic database source instruction

Hi all,

I have a report that extracts data from SQL databases. My Source instruction at the beginning of every "M" code is :

Source = Sql.Database(....

However some of the clients use Microsoft SQL, some use Sybase, some PostgreSQL, etc. Is there some clever way to parameterize the Sql part of the Source instruction? For example for Sybase I need to write :

Source = Sybase.Database(....

I have a few dozen of tables to make such change every time I have a client with a different SQL database.

Thanks.

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Fowmy
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@gvg 

You can parameterize your connection strings. Please refer below articles for further details including the PBI Service

 

https://data-marc.com/2018/11/15/parameterize-your-data-source/

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Using-the-Power-BI-Service-Parameters-to-change-conn...

 

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v-alq-msft
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Hi, @gvg 

 

About query parameters in Power Query, I'd like to suggest you refer to the following link.

Power BI Desktop Query Parameters 

 

Best Regards

Allan

 

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Fowmy
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@gvg 

You can parameterize your connection strings. Please refer below articles for further details including the PBI Service

 

https://data-marc.com/2018/11/15/parameterize-your-data-source/

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Using-the-Power-BI-Service-Parameters-to-change-conn...

 

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@Fowmy  thank you. Not exactly what I was looking for, but good source for ideas.

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