Forum Discussion
Azure Data Catalog Integration?
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.
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.
I couldn't find this specific use case in the Azure Data Catalog ideas so logged a new idea:
https://feedback.azure.com/forums/906052-data-catalog/suggestions/36444655-power-bi-connector-get-data-via-azure-data-catal
Like other commenters there I am amazed by the lack of integration between Azure Data Catalog and Power BI.
It's really bizarre as Azure Data Calalog emerged from the old Power BI for Office 365 data catalog, and you need to have a Power BI Pro license to use that feature in Excel!
ADC should also be supported as a data source in Power BI's dataflows.