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Power BI connecting to AWS EC2 instance with MS SQL

Chintan982 — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:44:26 GMT

I have MS SQL instance on AWS EC2. Can anyone help me know how can I have power BI connect to that SQL instance to get data.

Its not AWS Redshift and we do not intend to invest in Redshift at this point in time. Its a SQL instance on AWS EC2 and I need to pull data & set up auto refresh from that datasource.

Pls help ASAP.

Thanks

Re: Power BI connecting to AWS EC2 instance with MS SQL

v-chuncz-msft — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 06:40:05 GMT

@Chintan982,

As far as I know, you could try to use the "From Web" source with the corresponding REST API and write Power Query Formula Language in the Advanced Editor.

Re: Power BI connecting to AWS EC2 instance with MS SQL

LSweenie — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 12:42:02 GMT

Hi,

We are doing similar but connecting to MySQL on AWS. We are using ODBC connections to MySQL on AWS from desktop and also have an Enterprise Gateway set up with the ODBC connections so we can schedule refreshes. Works well apart from some issues with publishing reports with ODBC datasources which we're currently working around while MS investigate.

Hope this helps,

Linda

Re: Power BI connecting to AWS EC2 instance with MS SQL

LSweenie — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 12:44:15 GMT

Hi,

Hope this helps,
Linda

Re: Power BI connecting to AWS EC2 instance with MS SQL

avk — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:44:30 GMT

Is this the only way to connect to a Sql Server on AWS instance from Power BI ? We are trying to do the same thing as well, is there something different in teh new releases?