Tried to deploy paginated report to Power BI service. But could not find a way to configure the database connection string under Pro license
Unfortunately this can't be changed in the portal after deployment. So either update and redeploy the RDL or update it using the API Reports - Update Datasources In Group.
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I haven't worked with Power BI's paginated reports but I'm trying to migrate from SQL Server to Azure SQL. Getting Power BI per-user licenses just for users to be able to generate a report PDF is prohibitively expensive for us.
Is it possible to use Power BI service API in a similar way to SSRS Report Server where you just make a request to generate the report and return the result?
We don't need to embed the paginated reports... just call the service API with the specified params and return the generated report (like SSRS Report Server).
Really hoping to use a single Premium license for the Azure Active Directory App Service registration to avoid needing to have a per-user license for every user that just needs to click a button and generate an invoice.
Essentially this, but with Power BI Paginated Reports: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/reporting-services/export-a-report-using-url-access?view=sql-server-ver16
I'm asking just to see if I'm wasting my time by digging further into this. Thanks in advance!
I already installed and configured a data gateway, pls how do I import a power bi desktop report and make it refresh changes accordingly? Thanks.
You can't refresh a power bi desktop report using data gateway.
A gateway is used to connect power bi apps on power bi service and on-site data sources.
Read the official documentation for more info: Click Here
I have developed Power Bi report using OData Source and deployed in power bi service. Need to do schedule refresh for the report. For that created and configure the connection to OData in Power BI Service to make the report Dataset refresh through the gateway followed the following the steps below:Clicked on Settings button in Power BI ans and selected "Manage gateways" option.
'Added data source to use the gateway' link
Specified all the parameters for Datasource settings
selected the configured gateway and data source from the list.
After the report Dataset is connected to OData via gateway. Refreshed the report Dataset to check for refresh status. I noticed the following errorUnable to find Data source one of the Gateway .Please help me out if I missing anything.
With powerbi desktop I can easily connect with postgres database on server(192.168.1.5:32100) running on a port and a database_name. But doing the same with PowerBI on premise gateway I could not connect when adding a data source on gateway setting(gateway cluster). Below screenshot for reference. The first picture is of PowerBI desktop and the second one is on gateway settings. Is it something with the port?If yes I was able to connect on PowerBI desktop, if no then is there any way or am I missing something. Thanks in advance for the help.
Method 1
Install the Npgsql provider on the server that's hosting the data gateway (https://www.nuget.org/packages/Npgsql/4.0.2)
Reboot the server
Method 2
Connecting to PostgreSQL database using ODBC Connector
Using the below link download the latest version of ODBC connection for PostgreSQL database and Install
https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/versions/msi/
After installation completed, open the Power BI Desktop and choose Get Data
Instead of selecting postgresql database, this time we will choose ODBC. Select ODBC and click on Connect
A window will open and select “None” as Datasource Name (DSN)
In the same window, we have connection string. Here we have to provide proper connection details to connect postgresql database. We won’t be able to click “OK” until we have provided the correct connection string.
To get the proper connection string use this link.
https://www.connectionstrings.com/postgresql-odbc-driver-psqlodbc/
We have given the below connection string and able to click on “OK”
Connection String:
Driver={PostgreSQL ANSI(x64)}; Server=localhost; Port=6433; Database=foodmart
Enter the credentials and select the tables
Create a report and publish in Power BI service
Login to Power BI service and open settings of a report dataset
Expand gateway connection and now we can see that gateway is enabled and it is connected local gateway
Expand the data source credentials and enter the database credentials
Now go to datasets and click on refresh icon of the dataset
Dataset will get refreshed using the gateway
Should now be able to use the PostgreSQL data source type when creating the data source in Power BI Service.
Thanks,
Where is PowerBI being hosted. If I make a power BI report and provide a link to the report or dashboard. where is that link being referenced from?
From our Azure DB?
Is it possible to have power bi hosted in a VM? So that the links I provide to the report are directly from and referenced from the VM?
Thanks.
Power BI is currently cloud hosted by Microsoft, but it will be integrated into SSRS, so it can be hosted in-house. For details follow the SQL Server Team blog from Microsoft.
The January Blog Post announces the technical preview for download.
Picking up on your Azure DB comment, Power BI is independent from the data sources. If you were to host Power BI in-house you would have to set your Azure DB firewall to allow access from that server. Alternatively you might also migrate the database in-house as well.