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ucilengi's avatar
ucilengi
New Member
9 years ago

get data from atom file

In powerpivot, it is possible to get data using atom file (.atomsvc) by simply connectiong to the file. In the power bi desktop tool the only option is connection via odata. however, this does not work. when the atom file is written to the url it only fetches the data within the atom file rather than the data which it points to (in my case an sccm report). Any and all help would be greatly appreciated

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    • ucilengi's avatar
      ucilengi
      New Member
      9 years ago

      Hi. When I import the excel file, it does not see the tables on powerpivot. it only detects the tables on excel itself. even if it did, it would not be the way to go for me. I want to connect my power BI to sccm data feed, which is only possible by atom files.

    • ucilengi's avatar
      ucilengi
      New Member
      9 years ago

      Hi v-qiuyu-msft,

       

      I tried importing the contents of the excel file. However, Power BI desktop does see the tables. But that's two levels of integration. Power BI can take OData but cannot take atom files. I would rather depend on the original connection rather than connecting to an excel file. 

      • Farwest's avatar
        Farwest
        Frequent Visitor
        8 years ago

        Hi All,

         

        I am reviving this discussion from 2016 as I do have the same problem, is there a way to read an .atomsvc file from power Bi desktop. PowerPivot does it but when importing the data model into PowerBI, it only extract the data contained in the atom file and not the feed data.

         

        Thanks