data source settings

[Kevboy_telford]

Is there anyway to find out what data sources a power BI report is using?

basically I want a page in my power BI that shows who created it and last updated (hard coded) and then

a separate section showing which server it is taking its data from?  (this to be populated from the sources currently being used)

eg:

created: John Smith

last updated: 01/01/2018

sources: IMTVDEVDW01 & GALive

Kevin

[v-yulgu-msft]

Hi @Kevboy_telford,

Is there anyway to find out what data sources a power BI report is using?

You can review data source information in desktop file: File -> Options and Settings -> Data Source Settings -> 'Data sources in current file'. It is not available in Power BI service.

I want a page in my power BI that shows who created it and last updated (hard coded) and then a separate section showing which server it is taking its data from?

Users are not able to fetch such information about who created/uploaded/updated report and where it take its data from. But if your account is marked as a Global Admin, within Office 365 or Azure Active Directory, or have been assigned the Power BI service administrator role, then, please locate to Admin Portal. Via Auditing Logs, you can know who is taking what action on which item in your Power BI tenant. 

Regards,

Yuliana Gu

[Stachu]

you can see the data sources used in the report by clicking:

File > Options and Settings > Data Source Settings 

and then selecting 'Data sources in current file'

You could set up the connection string as a separate query and then use it to display the connection, e.g. instead of:

Connection = AnalysisServices.Database("IMTVDEVDW01.com:11596", "text")

you do 

Connection = AnalysisServices.Database(ConnectionString, "text")

ConnectionString = "IMTVDEVDW01.com:11596"

where Connection and ConnectionString are separate queries

Unfortunatelly I don't know other way to determine the data sources in more automated way