Understanding Power BI Data Connection Options

[manoj_0911]

Hello Power BI Community,

I'm currently working on a project where I need to connect Power BI Desktop installed on my laptop to a SQL Server database hosted on AWS belonging to a customer.

Could someone please explain the differences between live connection, import, and direct query in Power BI? I want to understand the implications of each approach and determine which one would be most suitable for my scenario.

Thanks,
Manoj Prabhakar

[PijushRoy · Accepted solution]

Hi @manoj_0911 

Please refer to the below detailed articles on live connection, import, and direct query in Power BI and advantages disadvantages, which should be selected for which solution etc
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/power-import-direct-query-live-connection-bi-aditya-singh/

https://www.phdata.io/blog/import-vs-direct-query-power-bi/

https://blog.enterprisedna.co/power-bi-import-vs-direct-query/

Let me know if that works for you

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Pijush
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