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Khayo
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Creating a live Connection

Good day, I recently did some research on creating a live connection in Power BI and came across a good source.

Source:  https://youtu.be/YI6ey8EvIAI

This was beneficial to me as I am fairly new in Power BI and the data I was working with was on sharepoint in an excel file.

 

What other methods can one implement to create a live connection to a data source irrelevant of it being on sharepoint?

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Shaurya
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Hi @Khayo,

 

You can use Direct Query to connect to any database online. Here's a link for your reference:

 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-use-directquery

 

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Check out this blog of mine: How to Export Telemetry Data from Azure IoT Central into Power BI

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Shaurya
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Hi @Khayo,

 

You can use Direct Query to connect to any database online. Here's a link for your reference:

 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-use-directquery

 

Did I answer your question? Mark this post as a solution if I did!
Check out this blog of mine: How to Export Telemetry Data from Azure IoT Central into Power BI

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