Switching data sources
Hi guys, I'm sure there are different ways of doing this - I wanted to ask you guys what would be the most efficient/correct way in order to minimize rework. I have a dataset which comes from an Azure...
View Articleimport file from google drive
Hi, I have a client that maintains a sales bookings forecast report in a Google Spreadsheet file that is saved and updated within a Google Drive folder. When I follow the PowerBI process to "get data"...
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Facebook connector extracts only one friend
On connecting to Facebook and using the "Friends" connection, only one firends name gets pulled. Screenshot attached. Where am I going wrong?.
View ArticleCreate table of merged columns
Hi, I'm working on a graph of bookings by sales person -- I have a table of 2015 data and a table of 2016 data. Table 1 - 2015Sales Person AmountJohn $4,000Steve...
View ArticleERP connection to Financialforce
Hi,My organization uses Salesforce (CRM) and financialforce as fitting ERP system.I know how to add Salesforce to Powerbi / Excel2016 but I did not found an option or statement how and if that works...
View ArticleOffice 365 Admin Portal
Hi, in the absence of an Office 365 Content Pack, has anyone had any success in extracting data from the Office 365 Admin Portal web page? I was working with a client yesterday, showing how you can get...
View ArticleCSV File as data source that is on Sharepoint
Hello - so here's my conondrum and hoping someone can help me out with it! I have two data sources - 1 is a SharePoint Online List - which I'm able to connect to. The other is a CSV File (that is...
View ArticleOLE DB or ODBC error: type mismatch (exception from HRESULT: 0x80020005...
Hello, I have a report that has been running just fine for the last few weeks. Nothing has changed about the report. Upon attempting to refresh the data today - it does not work. If gives me this...
View ArticleCan't connect to Azure Database
Hi All, I'm trying to connect to an Azure SQL database. I've managed to connect SSMS to the database without too much trouble, but power BI gives me the message; We encountered an error while trying to...
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Multidimensional or Tabular model?
Hi, I hope some of you can give me some advise on the following:We are currently building our datawarehouse to use with Power BI specifically. As we would like to keep the data on premise, we made sure...
View ArticleEnterprise Gateway won't update changed SSAS tabular schema information
When we deploy a SSAS tabular model, expose it to PowerBI through the gateway and build reports and dashboards on it, changes in the model won't come available in the PowerBI online editor. Even if we...
View Articlemysql scheduled refresh from enterprise gateway never runs
I have an enterprise gateway setup on a seperate server with a mysql database used for a report in power bi online. I can manually refresh the dataset but when I schedule a refresh, the refresh never...
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How to prepare data for Drill Down
Hello guys, I'm stucking in a problem that I don't know how to solve...I have the following hierarchy (there are more accounts):2 - Passiven, 20 - Kurzfristiges Fremdkapital, 200 - Verbindlichkeiten...
View ArticleQuestion: Can I limit access to Azure SQL Database for Power BI Desktop...
We recently started using Power BI and I was wondering if we could limit the Power BI application to ONLY access the SQL Azure database. For example, the users have both the Power BI application and...
View ArticleTraffic Source from Google Analytics
Hi everyone,I am using Power BI Desktop in order to centralize all information in one platform. However, I cannot access the information of traffic source from Google Analytics. It let me choose only...
View ArticleUsing Azure Stream Analytics output with Power BI Desktop
Hello, does anybody knows, how can I implement a filter into a Azure Stream Analytics output?My goal is, that I onlay get the data of the last 10 Minutes. Can I implement a WHERE Condition?E.g. WHERE...
View ArticlePower Query M list all functions with = #shared
I just saw the PASS BA Data Preparation in Power BI presentation by @Rad_Reza and i was really impressed with the #shared function.Just try it out open a blank query and type = #sharedand you will...
View ArticleQualtrics as Data Source
Has any successfully used Qualtrics as a data source? I would love this integration! Thanks,Rob
View ArticleTopSpeed TPS files
Hi everyone, I have a client utilising a software which uses .TPS files (TopSpeed files). I have found a driver the company sells that allows access to the files through any application that supports...
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Onedrive personal support seems to be missing in PowerBi online
Hi all.I'm unable to add a new OneDrive Personal source file within a PowerBi pro account.Documentation says that going in Get Data->Files->Get, two different choices are available: Onedrive...
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