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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...
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Hi, Error message is as below; We encountered an error while trying to connect Details " " And yes I have configured the firewall. I've sent a "frown" to power BI. Should I be using a particular User...
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Solved! I was being a bit dozy and trying to use AD rather than the Server admin account.
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Re: Not a legal OleAut date..
Hi, Plysko, By step #3 I ment, an additional step in Power BI (for example rename a column).If you change a type, and then change it again, PowerBI only applies the last action.for example:Column...
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...
View ArticleRe: Enterprise Gateway won't update changed SSAS tabular schema information
Is this issue on the original dataset that was published, or is it a copy of the dataset in a Content Pack that is not updating?If it is the original, have you tried to publish a new PBIX file with...
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i would suggest you go through this articles thoroughly to understand the difference based on your case whether you're going to use power bi service to connect or power bi desktop. Multidimensional -...
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Re: Multidimensional or Tabular model?
Thank you for your Reply, I also found those two links. Although they do provide valuable information, it stil isn't very clear about what Power BI features are supported. We found out by trying that,...
View ArticleRe: Enterprise Gateway won't update changed SSAS tabular schema information
Hi , thanks for your quick response. We are not working with content packs and also not with pbix files. We created the reports/dashboard in the online editor not in the PowerBI Desktop client. We did...
View ArticleRe: Multidimensional or Tabular model?
Here is some food for thought, based on my opinion.The Power BI Desktop, and all the modeling done in the tool is based on tabular. So it is a seemless transition between any development in the...
View ArticleRe: Enterprise Gateway won't update changed SSAS tabular schema information
Sorry for the confusion, I made an assumption based on "deploy" alot in the description... Interesting, wonder if something is broken with the connection in service.Typically, I always use the...
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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 ArticleRe: Importing Multiple Lines of Text field from SharePoint list
Wow, thank you for creating a desk instruction to implement your solution. I will give it a go and let you know how it turns out.
View ArticleRe: Importing Multiple Lines of Text field from SharePoint list
I will try this as well. I can control the text setting, and there is no compelling reason for it to be a rich text field. I will change it to plain text and see if that solves the problem, although...
View ArticleRe: Importing Multiple Lines of Text field from SharePoint list
There are two solutions to this issue. I was able to switch the source field in SharePoint to plain text, and in doing so, stopped the additional text from rendering in PowerBI. This is a quick fix...
View ArticleRe: CSV File as data source that is on Sharepoint
You can use Get Data option in Power BI service(https://app.powerbi.com) and select FILES>Sharepoint-Team Sites. Give the root URL and niavigate to the file from there. Example...
View ArticleRe: Importing in from SSAS Cube
Actually, I've just found out that you can use Power BI with SSAS 2016 Multidimensional Standard Edition too. Are you asking about other front end tools for Analysis Services? There are still a few...
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 ArticleRe: Question: Can I limit access to Azure SQL Database for Power BI Desktop...
I'm not aware of any technical possibilities to limit Power BI Desktop to a particular data source. But instead of finding "how?", I would suggest to first understand "why?". I believe one of the...
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