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Tuney8
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Custom Connector - protect source code

‎09-20-2022 04:52 AM

Hi 

 

I've written a custom connector and I want to send this out to some users to test. 

Is there a way I can protect the source code for this?

 

Cheers

Chris

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‎01-18-2023 04:49 AM

@Tuney8 Any solution? What u did? Thanks

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Greg_Deckler
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‎09-20-2022 05:10 AM

@Tuney8 I believe you need to compile this into a .mez file: Custom Data Connector: How to Deploy and Test - Microsoft Power BI Community



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Tuney8
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In response to Greg_Deckler

‎09-21-2022 01:49 AM

Hi @Greg_Deckler 

 

Thanks for the suggestion. 

 

When you build the mez, all it's doing is packaging the files up. 

If you change the .mez extension to a .zip you can open it up and see the source. 

 

I'm guessing even if I sign the file it will just be signed with a hash of the contents. 

I don't even think there is a way to obfuscate the code with M either. 

 

I'm wondering if my option is to get it certified by Microsoft and get put into Power BI by default. 

 

Chris

 

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