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alex2811
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New "DirectQuery for PowerBI datasets" feature not available

Hi,

 

I am using the December 2020 version of PowerBI desktop (2.88.1682.0).

Once I have established a live connection to a Dataset, I should be able to add data from other sources, creating a "local model".

 

However, after connecting to the dataset, the other "get data" import options (SQL server, excel, ....) are greyed out.

I am located in Germany - is this feature not yet available for europe?

 

Greetings

Alex

 

 

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amitchandak
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@alex2811 , have you enabled that under the preview features?

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amitchandak
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@alex2811 , have you enabled that under the preview features?

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No, I haven't - thanks @amitchandak for helping out so quickly.

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