Q&A with Azure SQL?

[anywhereanytime]

We'd like to load a Microsoft sample SQL dataset, like the old "Adventure Works Bicycle Factory sample dataset" but read below that Q&A is "not supported" but "may in the furture"?

Is there anyway today with a different Azure service or approach?

https://support.powerbi.com/knowledgebase/articles/581421-azure-sql-database-with-direct-connect

[Greg_Deckler]

Use Excel or Power BI Desktop. Connect to your Azure SQL data and pull it into your model. Upload XLSX or PBIX file to Power BI Service. Q&A away.

[anywhereanytime]

Super, thank you ...  I will try that ... in order to use Q&A (we have only used the sample data set so far) is there any methodology to the way the SQL data is "structured or named"?

For example, we'd like to load the old "Adventure Works Bicycle Factory sample dataset" - or are there better SQL datasets that are structured for Q&A?

[anywhereanytime]

Actually ... which one of these into Power BI Desktop?

https://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/125550

[Greg_Deckler]

For Azure SQL DB, you are going to need one of the script files, which I generally have not used. I would recommend going with the OLTP script and/or the DW script, the first two after recommended downloads.  And I have no idea if those scripts contain the data. I have generally used the full backups because those are the easiest to get up and running quickly but that is for an actual SQL Server.

[anywhereanytime]

Thank you very much smoupre ... I am only continuing this thread as I have to believe that others might want to do this as well ... I did find this, but "not how to setup" Adventure Works 2014 in Azure SQL?

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powerbi/archive/2015/05/13/using-power-bi-to-visualize-and-explore-azure-sql...

[anywhereanytime · Accepted solution]

OMG ... "perhaps" I just got lucky after Bing searching for 2 hours !!!

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kaevans/archive/2015/03/06/adventure-works-for-azure-sql-database.aspx

[anywhereanytime]

Forgive the dumb question, but we are trying something for a client using Azure SQL but haven't used SQL very much (we use to have a SQL expert on staff) ... so, which "version" would we use and load to maximize our Q&A scenario testing?

http://sqlwithmanoj.com/2014/08/05/adventureworks-2014-sample-database-released-for-sql-server-2014-...