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krypto6969
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9 years ago

Gateway Data Source - where is data actually stored?

we are using the enterprise power bi gateway.    I know that when we schedule or manully refresh data it goes up thru the gateway and validates the user. My understanding is that at no point does a...
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parry2k
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9 years ago

sorry krypto6969 not sure what you mean?

 

if you are not publishing your reports to app.powerbi.com then everything is on prem

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krypto6969
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9 years ago

So if I change it to use live connection - data will not leave my building - correct?

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    parry2k
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    9 years ago

    Live connection means it always polls the data source and data never get moved or imported in powerbi, in short, yes, it will not leave the building.

     

    Again, i never understood, what data source you are connected with and how you are connected? If you are not publishing  your reports, you don't need gateway, not sure why you have gateway in place? Are you planning to publish your report to power bi cloud (app.powerbi.com)

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      krypto6969
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      9 years ago

      we were hoping to pulish to powerbi only becasue we didn't want to give our end users the power bi desktop app. It would be too confusing for our users.

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        parry2k
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        9 years ago

        now it make sense why you need gateway.

         

        - Your data is on-prem 

        - you developed report using on-prem database using Live Connection

        - publish your reports

        - share with your team

         

        in above scenario, data will not leave your prem, gateway will work between cloud and on-prem to refresh the data.