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AlongTheseLines

Advocate III

11 years ago

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Azure Data Catalog Integration?

Are there any details available on what integration with the Azure Data Catalog might look like? Will it support query sharing?

MatthewRoche
11 years ago
Hi all,

From the Azure Data Catalog FAQ: You can think of Azure Data Catalog as an evolution of the Data Catalog. Azure Data Catalog delivers similar capabilities for data source publishing and discovery, but is focused on broader scenarios and not dependent on Office 365. Shortly after the Azure Data Catalog becomes generally available the two catalogs will merge into a single service.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/data-catalog-frequently-asked-questions/#q-how-is-azure-data-catalog-related-to-the-data-catalog-in-power-bi-for-office-365

Please let me know if this answers your question and gives you the information you need.

Edit: This is Matthew from the Azure Data Catalog team, so please feel free to ask questions if you have them. You can also visit the Azure Data Catalog forum ( https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/azure/en-US/home?forum=azuredatacatalog ) for questions specific to ADC.

Helper I

11 years ago

Side question. Is Azure Data Catalog the same as the Power Query feature pictured below or is it something different?

AlongTheseLines

Advocate III

11 years ago

I don't see anything in the preview to indicate it is the same. Seems like a very different offering but still lots of potential for integration.

jbocachica
Resolver II
11 years ago
From PowerQuery, you can access Azure Market Place to get data.

Regards
- andre
  Memorable Member
  11 years ago
  Right now Azure Data Catalog does not have much to do with Power BI Data Catalog. Right now the only way to see data from Azure Data Catalog is Excel. I would hope that the two products get integrated somehow at some point so that we can crowd source the meta data for the published PQs and at the same time be able to consume that Azure Data Catalog datasets which would almost behave like a data virtualization scenario.
  
  Imagine, not having to have any drivers for any data sources and just letting Azure Data Catalog take care of the plumbing. Right now it's more of a dream than reality but if we could get a sigle data source to connect to for all corporate data and a single place to manage all corporate data security, I think this product would take the market by storm.
  - timrodman
    Helper I
    11 years ago
    I just watched a video on Azure Data Catalog and it looks pretty cool. It looks like you can open direcly in SSRS, not just Excel (click here).
    
    Do you know the answer to these questions about Azure Data Catalog:
    When it opens in Excel, does it function as if you connected to SSAS?
    Can you organize the data sets into folders/subfolders?