I have designed a power bi report for a client using data set as his SQL Server database backup in my local system, and publish it on his provided power bi service account, now how do i connect this publish report with my client's local SQL server database?
In other words how my client be able to connect his local system's SQL database with this report?
You can use parameterized connection where you can store your local database access and client database access details, by using:
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I have SSMS installed on my laptop along with a localdb I created:
I am trying to create a connection with my localdb (in Power BI Service) and my local SQL db via my gateway but I keep getting an error. Here is a screenshot:
I am uploading a report from Power BI Report Builder. I am able to connect using the same credentials on Power BI Report Builder. However, when I enter the credentials on Power BI Service I get an error. Does anyone know why I am getting this error?
Try to install and use the normal SQL Server instead of LocalDB. When connecting to LocalDB, the necessary SQL Server infrastructure is automatically created and started, but I'm not sure that the Power BI Gateway supports that.
I am receiving an error when connecting Power BI to Snowflake.
"Unable to Connect - We encountered an error while trying to connect. Details: "The server name should only be a host name".
I am putting our server in as:
https://xxxxxx.east-us-2.azure.snowflakecomputing.com
And I have put in the name of the Warehouse (compute) that I want to use to process the load:
PRD_BI_GENERAL_US_XS
I chose Import mode and left all the optional fields blank.
Try it without the "https://":
xxxxxx.east-us-2.azure.snowflakecomputing.com
Either from Power BI Desktop or Power BI service, the target Server when connecting to a Snowflake account has to be the hostname, therefore it doesn't need the HTTPS:// which instead is required to get to the Snowflake Account via Web UI.
An example would be: contoso.snowflakecomputing.com
Also, in order to successfully connect from Power BI you have to impersonate a Snowflake Role that is allowed 'Usage' permission on the Virtual Warehouse and the Database you want to get to. This can be done by having that specific Role as the Default Role for your Login.
Note that, since February 2021, Power BI Desktop supports Snowflake custom roles.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-connect-snowflake#:~:text=To%20connect%20to%20a%20Snowflake,the%20box%20and%20select%20O
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-february-2021-feature-summary/#_Toc63074806
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PBRS components: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/report-server/capacity-planning
Power bi report server
Sql engine
Analysis engine
Report server db
1 sits on serverA. 2, 3 sit on SQL serverB. 4 sits on SQL serverC.
What is the role of each of the above?
In the MS Capacity planning diagram, the four items you have mentioned in your question are:
1 - Hosts the instance of Power BI Report Server, but only the front end of the application. All objects and metadata is stored in 4 (See below)
2 & 3 - Is a server hosting an instance of SQL Server and Analysis Services, these will be data sources for the reports that you have created.
4 - Is a server an instance of SQL Server to host the back end database of Power BI Report Server. This Report Server catalog holds all the reports, meta data and other objects for the frontend. It is set up during installation of PBIRS
This is not any sort of best practice, just a diagram of the topology, for example, I would not have an instance of the SQL Server DB engine and SSAS on the same server.
Good morning,
I am working with PowerBI premium and I am looking to connect a datasets existing in a premium workspace.
I need to connect to SQL Server Analysis services using the following connection string:
powerbi://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/workspacename;initial catalog=report_name
It works when connecting from PowerBI desktop but I am unable to connect to the datasets when I publish my report in the same workspace as the datasets.
The purpose of using SQL Server Analysis service instead of "Connect to PowerBI Datasets" is that I can work locally.
2 files:
1 datasets (Model)
1 report connected through "localhost:PortNumber"
When ready I can publish my datasets, then change datasets connection string in my report file and finally I can publish the report online for consumption.
Would someone know how I can do that without having an error after publishing the report online?
I have a MSSQL server on-prem and followed the steps from Microsofts Docs
in order to install the gateway.
Than i managed the gateway via manage gateways within power bi (cloud) and the test there worked and i got the green check.
Now the question how do i get the data from the gateway into a dataset? when i try to add a new dataset there and click on data bases i only get Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, SQL Server Analysis and Spark on Azure HDInsight but now sign of my fresh data gateway to my on-prem db.
Currently you can only access on premise SQL Server databases by building a model & publishing it to powerbi.com using the Power BI Desktop.
If you select "Import" as your connection option, Power BI will store the required data online. You will be able to query on that fixed data and work with it even when your connection to the on premises server is down. You can update your fixed dataset with new data if your connection is properly defined in your gateway.
If you select "DirectQuery" in your Power BI Desktop you will require an active connection to the On premises server for any reporting to work online. On the up side, it'll work on live data and will not store any data online.
When publishing, Power BI Desktop will try to match your connections used in your report to the ones defined in your gateways. If it can find a match, it'll automaticly link those up. It'll give you an informational message to let you know if this step succeeded after publishing. At the same time it'll add a dataset using the same data you used in the reports you just built.