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burcumusaoglu
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Power BI Embedded - On Premise SQL Server Gateway for DirectQuery

Hi everybody,

are there any limitations for using directquery to access an on premise SQL Server database when using Power BI Embedded?

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  • v-chenwuz-msft's avatar
    v-chenwuz-msft
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    Hi burcumusaoglu ,

     

    About Direct Query limitations, The general limitations on directquery apply to all directquery models. No distinction is made between in power bi service and power bi embedded.

    Limitations on Direct Query:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-use-directquery#considerations-and-limitations 

     

    Gateway:

    With Direct Query model, you need On-premises data gateway (Standard).

     

    Power BI Embedded:

    You need to be aware of the DirectQuery/Live connection (per second) and Max memory per query in direc query mode for some power bi embedded sku's.

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/embedded/embedded-capacity?tabs=gen2#sku-memory-and-computing-power 

     

    As far as I know, you can connect to one or more local services with a gateway via direct query mode.

     

    Best Regards

    Community Support Team _ chenwu zhu

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

     

     

  • edhans's avatar
    edhans
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    No. What limitations are you expecting or concerned about?

  • In some documentations i read that PBI embedded supports only Azure SQL database and Azure SQL Data Warehouse. These documentations were a bit old. But since i haven't been able to find a clear new documentation, i want to be sure whether i can install a on premise gateway for accessing one or more local SQL Server dbs via directquery in a report which will be deployed on PBI Embedded.

     

    I will appreciate a confirmation and if possible any current documentation links regarding this topic.

     

    Thanks in advance.