Value cannot be null. Parameter Name: name

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

I am facing issue when am trying to change my live connection to direct query throwing error with below message. Can you please any one help on this? What could be the issue? Thanks in advance.

[V-lianl-msft]

Hi ,

Live connection loads the whole data model, but direct query is not. This may be caused by chaotic relationships. Please try to uncheck "Autodetect new relationships after data is loaded" in the settings.

Best Regards,
Liang
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[BSLATTER]

Hello @V-lianl-msft,

I am seeing the same issue as the original poster. When I follow your directions I cannot click in "Current File" -> "Data Load" I get the error in the image below. However I cannot switch it to DQ because I get the same error as poster. Any advise?

[daxman]

I am seeing the same issue. I suspect it has something to do with the model I am connecting to, it is using parameters to handle Incremental Refresh.

@V-lianl-msftdo you know if there are any limitations of connecting to a model with DirectQuery? I have looked through Microsoft's documentation on this (link), and am not seeing anything related to Parameters other than Parameters not being supported for Server/Database names.

This appears to be a bug.