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arobin
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9 years ago
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Create Connection: This query contains transformations that cannot be used for live connection

 I am very new to Power BI and I am not familiar with the message I encountered when trying to make a DirectQuery connection to SQL Server. Can anyone advise what does "Create Connection: This query ...
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  • v-huizhn-msft's avatar
    v-huizhn-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi arobin,

     

    Could you please test using a simple SQL statement? You can create a simple table named TableA in your database, then type the basic query statement using like: select * from TableA in Direct Query model, check if it works. Some function is not used in Direct Query model. If it works fine, it will document the function is unable. You'd better test step by step.

     

    If the function is not used, please create a new result table, then import them to Power BI. If you have any issue, please let me know.

     

    Best Regards,
    Angelia 

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hiralsoni_001
Frequent Visitor
7 years ago

Hi everyone,

 

I am not able to connect a direct query from sql to power bi

it shows 'this query contains transformations that can't be used for a live connection'

 

Can you please help. Basic query like select * , I am able to run not a big query contains many tables in it. I tried the query in SQL server , it works and results came too.

 

Thanks in advance.