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Multiple connectors in one report?
Is it possible to use multiple connectors, as in using the Salesforce Objects connector, Dynamics connector and GitHub connector to obtain data from each?
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HI Anonymous
Yes, it is possible to use multiple connectors in Power BI to obtain data from different sources. You can use the Salesforce Objects connector, Dynamics connector, and GitHub connector, or any other connectors that Power BI supports, to connect to different data sources and retrieve data.
To use multiple connectors, you can follow these steps:
- In Power BI Desktop, click on "Get Data" in the Home ribbon
- Select the connector you want to use to connect to the first data source.
- Follow the prompts to connect to the data source and retrieve the data.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 to connect to additional data sources using different connectors.
- Once you have connected to all the data sources, you can use the "Join" or "Append" option in the "Home" tab to combine the data from the different sources into a single dataset.
You can also use the "Query Dependencies" option to view the dependencies of your queries and manage them as you need.
Please note that if you use multiple connectors to connect to different data sources, you need to make sure that the data types are compatible and that the data can be joined or appended together.
If this post helps, please consider accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Appreciate your Kudos!!
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- VahidDM
Super User
HI Anonymous
Yes, it is possible to use multiple connectors in Power BI to obtain data from different sources. You can use the Salesforce Objects connector, Dynamics connector, and GitHub connector, or any other connectors that Power BI supports, to connect to different data sources and retrieve data.
To use multiple connectors, you can follow these steps:
- In Power BI Desktop, click on "Get Data" in the Home ribbon
- Select the connector you want to use to connect to the first data source.
- Follow the prompts to connect to the data source and retrieve the data.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 to connect to additional data sources using different connectors.
- Once you have connected to all the data sources, you can use the "Join" or "Append" option in the "Home" tab to combine the data from the different sources into a single dataset.
You can also use the "Query Dependencies" option to view the dependencies of your queries and manage them as you need.
Please note that if you use multiple connectors to connect to different data sources, you need to make sure that the data types are compatible and that the data can be joined or appended together.
If this post helps, please consider accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Appreciate your Kudos!!
- metrica
Post Prodigy
Hi,
As an alternative to setting up multiple connectors and stitching the data together manually, you might want to look at Metrica Power BI Connector for Salesforce for the Salesforce side of things. It's an AppExchange app that pulls Salesforce reports and objects (with custom fields and joined reports intact) directly into Power BI, so the Salesforce piece becomes a single clean source instead of multiple Objects connectors strung together. No 2,000-row cap either.
30-day free trial, no credit card needed. More details on https://metricasoftware.com/, and we're happy to do a quick demo if that'd help.
Cheers,
Metrica Team.
