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ldrivinghawk
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9 years ago
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Sendgrid Connection For Desktop Version

Hi there,   Wondering why the sendgrid connection is available for the online version but not the desktop version.
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  • v-qiuyu-msft's avatar
    v-qiuyu-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi ldrivinghawk,

     

    Currently, Power BI desktop doesn't provide built-in Sendgrid connector. You can download Sendgrid template files and .m file from here:

     

    - Install the latest PBI Desktop 
    - Create a folder called Extensions under: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Power BI Desktop\bin 
    - Copy the .m file to that folder 
    - Set these 2 environment variables in Windows: 
       PQ_EnableExtensionDeveloper = true 
       PQ_ExtensionDirectory = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Power BI Desktop\bin\Extensions 
    - Open the PBIT file

     

    Best Regards,
    Qiuyun Yu

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v-qiuyu-msft
Community Support
9 years ago

Hi ldrivinghawk,

 

Currently, Power BI desktop doesn't provide built-in Sendgrid connector. You can download Sendgrid template files and .m file from here:

 

- Install the latest PBI Desktop 
- Create a folder called Extensions under: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Power BI Desktop\bin 
- Copy the .m file to that folder 
- Set these 2 environment variables in Windows: 
   PQ_EnableExtensionDeveloper = true 
   PQ_ExtensionDirectory = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Power BI Desktop\bin\Extensions 
- Open the PBIT file

 

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

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DazBox_za
Frequent Visitor
6 years ago

For anybody struggling with this, these two additional steps should solve your problems:

 

  1. Open Power BI Desktop. Go to File  --> Options and Settings --> Options --> Security
    • Under "Data Extensions" select the second "not recommended" option to allow extensions to load without validation
    • Select "OK"
    • Close Power BI
  2. Copy the .M file provided to user\Documents\Power BI Desktop\Custom Connectors

 

Open up the provided PBIT file after this, and you should be prompted to enter your SendGrid login details

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  • keribeal's avatar
    keribeal
    Regular Visitor
    6 years ago

    Works like a charm, used it to dump 3 years worth of stats out of a send grid account i'm about to close.

     

    Thanks for your help!

  • PBILover's avatar
    PBILover
    Helper V
    6 years ago

    DazBox_za  Thank you very, this solution works!!

    but i can see only email statistics reports , how to get data for SMS from sendgrid?

    Is there any PBIT/PBIX file for that?

     

    Thanks,

    Namita

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    kapcreations
    New Member
    4 years ago

    I've searched the web on how to get SendGrid data into Power BI and was lead to this post. However, I'm unable to get it to work.

     

    I've followed the steps outlined in the above posts but never get prompted to log in when opening the pbit file.

  • Kfirmr's avatar
    Kfirmr
    Frequent Visitor
    2 years ago

    Hi there and many thanks for this solution. The PBI file is loading but no prompt for user and password. Any help is appriciated 🙂 (tried updating the m file with current user and pass of Sendgrid but it did not help)

     

  • Kfirmr's avatar
    Kfirmr
    Frequent Visitor
    2 years ago

    Thank you! managed to get it to work and load the user and pass request, the thing is that my validated user and pass are not working and authenticating.. any idea why this could happened?