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wyb
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5 years ago
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Does the Report Server support custom connectors now

Hi, does the Report Server support custom connectors now? When I use Desktop version 2021.1 to save report to the Report Server, an error is reported. An error occurred while attempting to save the...
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    d_gosbell
    5 years ago
    wyb wrote:

    I want to use DirectQuery to connect to the data source, but most of them do not support DirectQuery in Report Server.

    This is true, Report Server only supports a small number of the more common data sources like the popular relational databases for Direct Query. But this is a known, documented product limitation - you could try posting a request on https://ideas.powerbi.com for this functionality to be expanded for your specific datasource.

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wyb
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5 years ago

Thanks.

I want to use DirectQuery to connect to the data source, but most of them do not support DirectQuery in Report Server.

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d_gosbell
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5 years ago
wyb wrote:

I want to use DirectQuery to connect to the data source, but most of them do not support DirectQuery in Report Server.

This is true, Report Server only supports a small number of the more common data sources like the popular relational databases for Direct Query. But this is a known, documented product limitation - you could try posting a request on https://ideas.powerbi.com for this functionality to be expanded for your specific datasource.