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ed-freeman
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6 years ago

Does the PBIDS file type support a Dataflow connection?

It's unclear from the docs (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-data-sources#using-pbids-files-to-get-data) whether Dataflows are supported as a connection for a PBIDS file. I've tried ...
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Pat_msft
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6 years ago

ed-freeman v-lili6-msft 

Copying from my response on the docs page.

 

Yes it is possible. The protocol is "powerbi-dataflows".
Below is a sample.
Workspace id and dataflow id can be found by clicking on the dataflow in the Power BI web app and looking at the url.
https://app.powerbi.com/groups/<workspace id>/dataflows/<dataflow id>
{
"version": "0.1",
"connections": [
{
"details": {
"protocol":"powerbi-dataflows",
"address":{
"workspace":"<workspace id>",
"dataflow":"<optional dataflow id>"
}
}
}
]
}