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Hi there all:
I'm a newbie in Power Bi and I was given the responsability of creating a report with PowerBi Desktop.
My question is realted about how to creating Charts.
My equipment is the following:
I got a MySQL database on-premise. I used "Import" mode to create my report.
My question is the following:
It's is possible to create a Graph/Plot/Chart with a SQL Query?
For example:
Use the query: SELECT prices, dates FROM example_table
Which gives the result of a Bar char:
Solved! Go to Solution.
@Anonymous , No, You have to bring in Data using import mode or direct query mode (You can use SQL while bringing in data) .
And using the table in power bi , you need to create visual
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-use-directquery
@Anonymous , No, You have to bring in Data using import mode or direct query mode (You can use SQL while bringing in data) .
And using the table in power bi , you need to create visual
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-use-directquery
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