Start Power BI Desktop with connection parameters from CMD

[afernandez28]

Hello!
Can I start Power BI Desktop from the Windows CMD by sending a connection string as a parameter to open it with an already active connection to a SQL Server Analysis Services?

I need to open it by command line from a Delphi program.

[v-yingjl · Accepted solution]

Hi @afernandez28 ,

Based on my test, we can just use command line when we install power bi desktop instead of starting it.

Please refer:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-get-the-desktop

In addtion, you can sumbit this idea to https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas to help us improve power bi and make this feature coming sooner.

Best Regards,

Yingjie Li

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