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PowerBI Report Server (August Preview) and DirectQuery in PowerBI reports

‎10-15-2017 03:43 PM

Hi

 

Does the "DirectQuery" connectivity mode (to a sql server database) work for powerbi reports? It works when on PowerBI Desktop (report server) but as soon as it is published it fails with: 

 

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TimeMon Oct 16 2017 11:35:21 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
Version14.0.600.379

 

Will it be enabled in the next GA release?

 

Jaco

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‎10-23-2017 02:26 AM

Hi @Anonymous,

 

Please refer to Jon-Heide's reply here.

 

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‎10-15-2017 05:11 PM

What is your data source? It was orginally released just with live connectivity to SSAS.


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‎10-15-2017 05:14 PM

A SQL Server 2016 database

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‎10-15-2017 07:32 PM

Hi @Anonymous,

 

Power BI Report Server August Preview doesn't support DirectQuery data connections, apart from Analysis Services live connections.

 

Please see this article: Connecting to data sources

 

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‎10-15-2017 07:37 PM

Hi Yuliana

 

Will it be supported in the next GA release?

 

Regards,

Jaco

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‎10-23-2017 02:26 AM

Hi @Anonymous,

 

Please refer to Jon-Heide's reply here.

 

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