Send live data from SAP(on premise) to cloud MS Power BI?
Hi All,I have a requirements to send data from SAP ERP (local) to cloud Power BI.Currently, we are download data from SAP reports on excel form and then using Power BI desktop to update our dashboard...
View ArticleServer hardware requirement to install Enterprise Gatway for hosting 200 users
Hi Experts, I am new to Power BI implementation and want to know about the server hardware requirement to host around 200 Users to access multiple reports. Is there any server specification document...
View ArticleData refresh issue after Publishing - unsupported data source
Dear Team , We have a Office 365 subscription with ( Power BI and SharePoint Site ) account . Excel sheet is placed in SharePoint site which contians the Connecting String Now we read the excel sheet...
View ArticleImport multiple CSV files, allowing relationships, refresh via Power BI...
Hi all. I am testing/evaluating Power BI ecosystem for deploying dashboards for a Retail Company. I have some business processes that provide daily CSV files (each of them with data from previous day)...
View ArticleAnalyze in Excel using EGW SSAS live dataset doesn't work
Although it is accessible in the dataset options, once i have downloaded the odc file (and updated the oledb provider to the latest RC3 version) Excel, after inserted my credential, is not able to...
View ArticleEnterprise Data Gateway with organizational account
I have a PBI model using data from both an Oracle database and an Excel file located on a Sharepoint Online site. To refresh this, we have configured the Enterprise Data Gateway.We now run into an...
View ArticleWhere does the excel file data go?
Hi, We're new to Power BI, and when we got its non-free version we understood we could build a Dashboard with data from an Excel file, thinking that as it was a local excel file, the data would never...
View ArticleCustom Slicers for Specific Users
I am trying to setup custom scorecards for specific departments/people. Is there a way to create custom slicers so that only their department and/or their name/specific login shows up when they view...
View ArticleError Salesforce Object: DataSource Error: Unable to connect to the remote...
Hi, I am using Power BI Desktop and want to set up a report using data from a Salesforce Object. When selecting: Get Data -> Online Services -> Salesforce Objects the system lets me chose the...
View ArticleHow to refresh data - by a shared user
Hi I have a following scenario. 1. Created a set of reports in Power Bi desktop with excel in local machine as a data source.2. Published the report to the power bi service.3. Using power bi service...
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Oracle ODBC connection fails ([HY004] [Oracle][ODBC]Invalid SQL data type )
Hi there, I am trying to ODBC connect to an Oracle database, semi-successfully that is.. The connect "as-is" works. It is only when I try to fetch a table that I get this error (DataSource.Error: ODBC:...
View ArticleMoving from personal gateway to the enterprise gateway
We've had the personal gateway (PG) installed on the server to allow for refresh of the on-premise SQL Server data. Now with the release of the Enterprise gateway (EG) I can see no reason to keep the...
View ArticleOracle Data Source in Enterprise Gateway
I'm having trouble adding an Oracle database as a data source in the enterprise gateway. The error message I get is below: Unable to connect: We encountered an error while trying to connect to...
View ArticleEnterprise Gateway "This feature is not supported. Please make sure you have...
Hi everyone, We've recently connected up the Enterprise Gateway to our on-premises SQL Server and have successfully tested the connections for each datasource within "Manage Gateways". However, when it...
View ArticleSynching Different Data Sources within the Same Dataset from Desktop
Hi, I wonder if anyone can shed any light on the following sceanrio. I have set of reports and and dashboard which I built using the Power BI desktop designer and published to my PowerBI which is...
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Connecting Power BI Desktop to access web data-Which one do I use?
Again probably a really simple question, We recently began migrating several excel files into access web and I have turned on the read/write capabilities to access the database, however when I try to...
View ArticleUnable to connect: The gateway is either offline or could not be reached -...
Hi, I've installed the Power BI Gateway service successfully, configured a gateway, created a datasource and everything looked good. I changed the service account that runs the Power BI Gateway service...
View ArticleNo data in dashboards/reports with Azure Search service
Hi, I tried integrating PowerBI with our Azure Search service which has been running for a few days, but when the data had finished importing, every tile in the dashboard was blank and showed no data....
View ArticleSalesforce refresh fails to Power BI Service (but not to Power BI Destop!)
All of my attempts to refresh my Salesforce data sets are failing even though the refresh is successful to Power BI DesktopI was able to refresh my datasets this morning around 9:00am (PST) but now I...
View ArticleError : Can I fix the error about Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 at Power BI Service ?
I work for a MNC, the office is 32 bit. I have installed PowerBI 64 bit because I read it is better for performance. I have installed 32bit Access Database Engine, because an error appears when...
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