topic Re: How do I use ETL with Power BI Service (app.powerbi.com)? in Service

How do I use ETL with Power BI Service (app.powerbi.com)?

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 19:12:05 GMT

I want to transform my data. I am attempting a simple field data type change in my simple CSV file from number to text. How do I do this with Power BI Service?

Re: How do I use ETL with Power BI Service (app.powerbi.com)?

otravers — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 19:26:18 GMT

ETL in the Power BI service is done in dataflows using Power Query Online (you can copy/paste queries from Power Query in Excel or Power BI Desktop):

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/dataflows/dataflows-introduction-self-service

Re: How do I use ETL with Power BI Service (app.powerbi.com)?

v-yanjiang-msft — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 09:31:45 GMT

Hi Anonymous ,

Have your problem solved by otravers 's suggestion?

Here're more detailed methods about this topic: ETL in Power BI, Using Dataflow, Power Query and ETL Tool

Power BI ETL with Dataflows: 4 Easy Methods

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ kalyj

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Re: How do I use ETL with Power BI Service (app.powerbi.com)?

v-yanjiang-msft — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:10:20 GMT

Hi Anonymous ,

Is your problem solved?? If so, Would you mind accept the helpful replies as solutions? Then we are able to close the thread. More people who have the same requirement will find the solution quickly and benefit here. Thank you.

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ kalyj

Re: How do I use ETL with Power BI Service (app.powerbi.com)?

OscarTh — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 10:15:59 GMT

You can build ETL pipelines in Power BI Service using dataflows or external tools like Azure Data Factory to handle heavier transformations. For a clear explanation of different ETL approaches in Power BI, I found this blog post really helpful - it walks through practical ways to manage extract, transform, and load steps without heavy coding.