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miguel
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4 months ago

Share your thoughts on the New Power Query experience in Power BI Desktop (Preview)

Update (September 2026): The new Power Query experience in Power BI Desktop now includes both Get Data and Power Query Editor in preview. When we opened this thread in May, the preview focused on Get...
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nanoc_legan
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2 months ago

I was trying to create a semantic model based on a mirrored database. In the Power Query preview experience, I don't see any of our mirror databases. When switching back to the old interface, I do see the mirrored database. 

In the Power Query preview I do see the SQL Analytics Endpoint of the mirror database.

  • kjelly's avatar
    kjelly
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    2 months ago

    Thanks for reporting this. Could you share screenshots of the source selection experience in both the Power Query preview and legacy experience?

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      nanoc_legan
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      2 months ago

      Without the Power Query experience, I see both the mirror database (the bottom one) and the SQL analytics endpoint (the top one):

      Legacy

      With the new Power Query experience, I only see the SQL analytics endpoint:

      Power Query

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        kjelly
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        2 months ago

        Thank you for flagging this. I was able to reproduce it and have filed a bug, so it's now on our radar and being tracked.