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Hello,
I run power Bi dashboards on a lot of data, Today i have to download the into CSV and upload into power BI.
I would like to start getting the reports in real time, But we have a closed network were the SQL data source is.
How can i get Power BI to work in this eviroment ? can i make a dashboard and publish it locally some how ? And how offten can i make the dashboard update ?
Do i need a special Power BI licence to do this ?
Hope i have made sence, and thanks for any help.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @philip657 ,
If you mean that datasource is stored in internal network, I think this should more related to your network settings. You need to enable proxy on your device network and gateway side to keep network connection.
how-to-set-up-a-proxy-in-windows-10
Configure proxy settings for the on-premises data gateway
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
Hi @philip657 ,
If you mean that datasource is stored in internal network, I think this should more related to your network settings. You need to enable proxy on your device network and gateway side to keep network connection.
how-to-set-up-a-proxy-in-windows-10
Configure proxy settings for the on-premises data gateway
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
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