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I have a lakehouse in fabric, which has a number of semantic models.
When connecting to the lakehouse from powerbi desktop, it only connects to the default semantic model.
How do i connect to a specific semantic model in a fabric lakehouse/warehouse from powerbi desktop?
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Hi wilson_smyth
Despite the naming being "Power BI Semantic Models", this option will also contain all the Semantic Models you've created from your lakehouses:
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Hi wilson_smyth
Despite the naming being "Power BI Semantic Models", this option will also contain all the Semantic Models you've created from your lakehouses:
_____________________________________________________
I hope my comment was helpful.
If your question was answered, please mark your post as 'Solved' and consider giving me a 'Thumbs Up'.
Find me on LinkedIn, Sessionize, or my blog Downhill Data
this is very helpful, thank you.
I was also confusing semantic model layouts with actual semantic models.
I had multiple layouts in the default semantic model and could not understand why i could not see them in powerbi desktop.
Layouts are not accessable within powerbi desktop.
Thank you for your help!
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