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6 years ago

Confusion re Power BI Import Storage

Power BI imports data into its own tabular storage. 'The VertiPaq engine: the in-memory columnar database that stores and hosts your model' But when I look into Power BI security it says that the...

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6 years ago

DebbieE , Please share the document. Is it related to power bi server on azure or reading data from azure.

DebbieE
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6 years ago
This information is in lots of documents. Ive taken two as an example

https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2449192

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-admin-power-bi-security

I dont understand your question. Im talking about power BI and Azure SQL Database (As my example). Basically the import
- Anonymous
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  6 years ago
  Hi DebbieE ,
  Hope the solution in following thread can eliminate your confusion：
  https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Power-BI-data-storage-In-desktop-App-and-Service/td-p/701270
  Best Regards
  Rena
  - DebbieE
    Community Champion
    6 years ago
    Still confused. So it uses both a SSAS for the tabular data storage and blob storage for everything else?