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Rahulsingh's avatar
Rahulsingh
Helper I
10 years ago
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How to connect multiple database with same table in Power BI

Hi Everyone

 

I have a unique situation where my client has 23 databases for their companies with same table and views. they want a report in which they can filter the report by each company and view the report .

 

My delima is how can i merge multiple databases table in powerBI , if anyone ran into this issue previously, any help will be great.

 

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  • Rahulsingh's avatar
    Rahulsingh
    10 years ago

    Hi Ankit, 

     

    Is it possible to get an example on how to create a database connecion parameter . Thanks 

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  • ankitpatira's avatar
    ankitpatira
    Community Champion
    10 years ago

    Rahulsingh What you want to do is in powerbi desktop create two parameters that contains server and database name for your databases (i am guessing you have sql server database). Then create all your reports from first database in powerbi desktop and save that as powerbi template file (.pbit). Next when you open that template file it will ask you for values for those parameters and you can enter in that for all other databases. By this you won't have to create seperate pbix for each database and you can use just one template file for all your databases.

     

    Hope it make sense.

    • austinsense's avatar
      austinsense
      Impactful Individual
      10 years ago

      If you want one report where you can select the data you want then all the data has to be in one data model ...

       

      • You can use the query editor to create 23 separate queries (sounds hard but you just create a query for one of the views and then duplicate it and change the data source).
      • You probably want to add the same column to each query indicating which database it's from
      • You'll then append all the queries together

      The nice thing is once you've built this you'll never have to build it again - this is you being nice to your future self :)

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        6 years ago

        You'll then append all the queries together => could i ask more, in case append it, how about database size? is this double?

    • Rahulsingh's avatar
      Rahulsingh
      Helper I
      10 years ago

      Hi Ankit, 

       

      Is it possible to get an example on how to create a database connecion parameter . Thanks 

      • v-sihou-msft's avatar
        v-sihou-msft
        Microsoft Employee
        10 years ago

        Rahulsingh

         

        You just need to create a query parameter and populate it with database name, then use this parameter in source Power Query. See screenshots below:

         

        Regards,

    • Murali_1992's avatar
      Murali_1992
      New Member
      3 years ago

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