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Pass Oracle Server Name from flat file to Power BI
Hi - I am connecting Power BI to Oracle DB. I would like to pass the DB name from flat file to Power BO so that users can change the server name in flat file and run in different Oracle servers witho...
You can achieve that using parameters. In Power BI, go to Home > Get Data > Text/CSV.
- Select your file (DB_Parameter.txt) and load it into Power BI.
- This will import the file content as a single-column table.
Then :
- In Transform Data, go to Manage Parameters > New Parameter.
- Name the parameter ServerName.
- Set the Type to Text.
- Under Current Value, use Data Source Settings to dynamically reference the column with the server name by selecting the column name from the DB_Parameter.txt file.
Then go back to Home tab, go to Get Data > Oracle Database.
When setting up the connection, instead of entering the server name directly, enter the parameter you just created.
