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jeffwinchell
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9 years ago
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Enterprise Gateway - Server Req?

If this product still exists, where is it? If it does not, why does this error message in the current PowerBI mention it and how do I get it to stop generating this error? I have a live connection...
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  • v-haibl-msft's avatar
    v-haibl-msft
    9 years ago

    jeffwinchell

     

    I just test with latest version of Power BI Desktop and on-premises data gateway, but cannot repro the same issue on my side. Could you please follow below recorded video to configure your Power BI Service and gateway?

     

     

    Best Regards,
    Herbert

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v-haibl-msft
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9 years ago

jeffwinchell

 

I just test with latest version of Power BI Desktop and on-premises data gateway, but cannot repro the same issue on my side. Could you please follow below recorded video to configure your Power BI Service and gateway?

 

 

Best Regards,
Herbert

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    jeffwinchell
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    9 years ago

    Thank you very much for showing me that video. That worked!

     

    On the minus side, Microsoft needs to make gateway configuration WAY easier. That was absurd.

     

    When you compare that process to how one does a simple sql query to a SQL Server which is always a "live query" by default, or running a Crystal Reports report against SQL Server years ago, Power BI is absurdly complex in its setup.

     

    PCs used to be an escape from system complexity. But Microsoft (and way too many other vendors) have built up layers and layers of unnecessary (in most cases) complexity just to do simple things to get info from a database.

    But I'll save that for the next time I talk to a PM at Microsoft. At the moment I'm more focused in talking with them about R and python integration in SQL 2017.