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5 years ago
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SAP BW Dataflow Connector

Currently running into some difficulties editing dataflows within the PBI Service that connect to SAP BW: Partitioning the data pull due to SAP BW memory issues  Able to set it all up within PBI D...
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Boon_OTML
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5 years ago

Hi all,

 

So here's an emergency workaround after MS Support responded about this known bug:

Entering Dataflow editor now automatically reset the on-prem gateway config to "(none)" in

  • Home > Options > Project Options
    You have to re-configure the settings in that pop-up window all over again.

But we will wait for MS to resolve (ETA 23-Feb) so that we don't waste project budget to reconfigure the dozens of BW dataflows. Just edit those that we must edit for this week so as not to chase our tails.

  • So NOT looking forward to that dreaded "Validating queries" yellow spin of death by thousand cuts!!😱

They indicated this bug is related to this particular alert on their main PBI Support site:

"Power BI customers editing existing dataflows that use the on-premises gateway client may see the message, "Please specify how to connect". Any changes made will not be saved. Engineers have identified the root cause and a fix is expected to be deployed by end-of-day 02/22/2021"

 

By the way, anyone on PBI Premium got sucker-punched by this new bug - or it just affects shared capacity?

 

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