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tessahurr
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5 years ago

Share your thoughts on DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services (preview)

Hit Reply and let us know what you think of the DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services.  To learn more about this feature, please visit this blog post or our documentation.   ...
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allanw
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5 years ago

Hi,

 

I tried everything in the instructions to enable this preview feature, however it just did NOT work for me.

 

I have the current verison of Power BI Desktop installed from Microsoft app store: Version 2.88.1682.0 64-bit (December 2020)

I have created a report using a Live connect to a Power BI dataset, which is based on an SSAS data source.

There's no way I can make changes to the model - I am supposed to see a clickable link "Make changes to this model", however it does NOT exist.

I tried to add other data sources to the report, however the options are greyed out.

 

  • tessahurr's avatar
    tessahurr
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    5 years ago

    Yes, that's right. If you take a look at the blog post or documentation, you'll see that SSAS is not a supported source at this time.

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      allanw
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      5 years ago

      OK, so it means that this preview feature " DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Analysis Services" only applies to "Azure Analysis Service"? This will be a killer feature if it supports on-premises SSAS service... not everyone is using Azure.

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        tessahurr
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        5 years ago

        Yes, exactly. Only applies to AAS right now.