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Anonymous
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6 years ago

Hide Data Sources

Hi All,   Do we have any option available to Hide Data Sources for Users. As we do not want all default Data Sources been provided for self service reporting and enable only which are approved.  ...
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Anonymous
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6 years ago

Hi Manohar,

 

Thanks for your Quick responce,

 

Do we have option where we can disable/Hide the current data sources.

 

PBIDS can i have only one data source and not more.

 

Regards,

Sam

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    v-lid-msft
    Community Support
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    Do you mean hide the data of some data source or not connect some data source ,based on the user using who are using your report?

     

    Best regards,

    Community Support Team _ Dong Li
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      Anonymous
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      6 years ago

      Hi Li,

       

      When we select Get data we will listed with N number of data source connectors.

      We would like to limit their visibilty like use only internally approved connectors, SAP BW Application Server, Odata and etc.

       

      But not allow end users for connecting to few data sources like example Wed and etc..

       

      Regards,

      Santosh

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        v-lid-msft
        Community Support
        6 years ago

        Hi Anonymous ,

         

        Based on this document:

        You can create a .PBIDS file to streamline the Get Data experience for report creators in your organization.

        When an author opens a .PBIDS file, Power BI Desktop opens and prompt the user for credentials to authenticate and connect to the data source that's specified in the file.

        Currently, .PBIDS files only support support a single data source in one file.

         

        So you can create multi .PBIDS files for each data source you want user to use. But they may still connect to other data source if they use pbix file.

         


        BTW, PBIDS as attached. Try to open it with text editor then you will find how it work, For other data sources, you can refer to the Data Source Reference (DSR) format for protocol and address information.

         

        Best regards,

        Community Support Team _ Dong Li
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