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nicktayl
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9 years ago

Sharing Data Source and Integrate with Local Files

Hi,   I figured out how to set up a shared data source. The problem is that when a user connects to the data source, they cannot add another connection. If the team is expected to perform adhoc ana...
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nicktayl
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9 years ago

Anonymous I checked off "Power BI Service Live Connection", restarted the program, and then published to a shared workspace. 

 

Next the user navigates to "Get Data" and connects to "Power BI service". 

 

 

Next, the user selects the data source.

 

...and the connection is made, however I cannot connect to additional data sources becasue "Get Data" is greyed out. Why?

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    9 years ago

    nicktayl Got it, I'm aware of this path. The reason is because you are technically creating a "live connection" to the Tabular model in the Service. Just as if you did that to your own SSAS instance, you can't add additional connections from the file.

    The Template approach is the only one I am aware of that would allow you to do what you describe.