Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Vote for your favorite vizzies from the Power BI Dataviz World Championship submissions. Vote now!

Reply
aarishkhan
New Member

Any one have idea about Snowflake direct query mode?

Snowflake direct query mode

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @aarishkhan 

 

To connect to Snowflake in Power BI Desktop, you can follow these steps:


On the Home ribbon of Power BI Desktop, select Get Data.


Select "Databases" from the categories on the left, and then select "Snowflake".

 

vnuocmsft_0-1712716095295.png


In the Snowflake pop-up window, enter the name of your Snowflake server into the "Server" field, and the name of your Snowflake compute repository into the "Warehouse" field.

 

vnuocmsft_1-1712716183635.png

 

Select OK.

 

To log in to your Snowflake compute repository, enter your username and password and select Connect.

 

Power Query Snowflake connector - Power Query | Microsoft Learn


If you want to use Microsoft Entra ID for single sign-on (SSO), you need to configure Microsoft Entra ID integration on the Snowflake side.

 

Connect to Snowflake with Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

When you use direct query mode with Snowflake, Power BI sends queries to Snowflake in real time as you interact with reports.


This means that your visualizations are always in sync with the latest data available in Snowflake.

 

Regards,

Nono Chen

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

View solution in original post

1 REPLY 1
Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @aarishkhan 

 

To connect to Snowflake in Power BI Desktop, you can follow these steps:


On the Home ribbon of Power BI Desktop, select Get Data.


Select "Databases" from the categories on the left, and then select "Snowflake".

 

vnuocmsft_0-1712716095295.png


In the Snowflake pop-up window, enter the name of your Snowflake server into the "Server" field, and the name of your Snowflake compute repository into the "Warehouse" field.

 

vnuocmsft_1-1712716183635.png

 

Select OK.

 

To log in to your Snowflake compute repository, enter your username and password and select Connect.

 

Power Query Snowflake connector - Power Query | Microsoft Learn


If you want to use Microsoft Entra ID for single sign-on (SSO), you need to configure Microsoft Entra ID integration on the Snowflake side.

 

Connect to Snowflake with Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

When you use direct query mode with Snowflake, Power BI sends queries to Snowflake in real time as you interact with reports.


This means that your visualizations are always in sync with the latest data available in Snowflake.

 

Regards,

Nono Chen

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

Helpful resources

Announcements
Power BI DataViz World Championships

Power BI Dataviz World Championships

Vote for your favorite vizzies from the Power BI World Championship submissions!

Sticker Challenge 2026 Carousel

Join our Community Sticker Challenge 2026

If you love stickers, then you will definitely want to check out our Community Sticker Challenge!

January Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - January 2026

Check out the January 2026 Power BI update to learn about new features.

FabCon Atlanta 2026 carousel

FabCon Atlanta 2026

Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.