Can't access data flows from PowerBI desktop
Hey Community,
I have created a couple of data flows, all refreshed and visiable in PowerBI service, but when I try to connect to them form PowerBI desktop I can only see an empty folder - no data flows or entities showing (please see below).
Could you please advise?
Many Thanks,
Wojciech
6 Comments
- v-chuncz-msft
Community Support
Anonymous
Try the latest version of Power BI Desktop and take a look at Considerations and limitations.
- AnonymousNot applicable
Hi v-chuncz-msft,
Thank you for your message.
I'm on December 2019 release of PowerBI desktop and I'm also an owner of dataflows I'm trying to connect to.
I was thinkink it may be down to a firewall issue or proxy settings I need to use, however I can connect to PowerBI data sets no problem. I will try to talk to a network engineer and update you all if I have a solution.
Thanks for your help so far.
Wojciech
- AnonymousNot applicable
Anonymous Check your data types in the dataflow - if you have a 'date', change it to a 'datetime'.
I've seen this problem before when I migrated code from power bi desktop to a dataflow.
- AnonymousNot applicable
Hi Anonymous ,
Thanks for your comment.
I have a couple of dataflows with no dates in it... just strings and numbers.
It still doesn't show in PowerBI desktop.
Wojciech
- AnonymousNot applicable
Anonymous Try formatting all your columns as text at the end of the dataflow and see if then allows you navigate to the entity from power bi desktop.
- AnonymousNot applicable
Hi Anonymous ,
Thanks again,
I had converted all the columns to text and run a succesful refresh... still no luck.
Wojciech