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webportal
Impactful Individual
8 years agoConnect Excel to a Power BI data model
Hello, Is there any way to connect Excel to Power BI Desktop and importing the Data Model to Power Pivot? With Power BI Publisher for Excel it is possible to connect Excel to Power BI Service...
Anonymous
7 years agoNot applicable
Hello,
webportal I'm looking for an answering to the same problem and wondering if you found a solution yet? I would greatly appreciate it if you can share your solution.
Thanks,
- webportal7 years ago
Impactful Individual
Anonymous as far as I know there's no solution for this.
You may connect Excel to Power BI Service only and work from there.
Hope this helps.
- EpicLeo8796 years agoRegular VisitorThis is key for me in leveraging the powerhouse dynamic duo that power BI and Excel create. While I am not aware of any drag and drop method all you need is the data connection (created when the pivot table loads to excel from PBI) and cube functions in your formulas to get to your data outside of the pivot table and pbix file. In all of my complex excel models / reports, I use this method to pull in all the data I need from my PBI models.
Cube functions can look intimidating at first but they are actually very intuitive once you write a few. And with the beauty of excel, you can write one and drag it down the row or column and have it populate the measure or metrics according to different cell variable (each date, product category, etc.) Also, the data connect to the PBI file keeps the excel model / report updated with every refresh.
This article introduced me to cubevalue formula ( way back when PBI was Power Pivot), it’s the function you will use most to pull your data out of your PBI and into excel. The post references PowerPivot, but it’s one in the same for PBI.
https://www.excelcampus.com/cubevalue-formulas/- Lidou_Cand6 years ago
Helper III
Hello
I have the same problem on my project.
From Excel, I have an extraction of a Power Bi report. However Excel obliges us to have this extraction in a pivot table.I wish to have this extraction in a simple table.
How did you manage to get around this obstacle?