Dataflows linked entities Pro Licence

[tmckenzie3]

The new Dataflows concept looks really interesting and holds massive potential to change the BI landscape. Currently linking dataflows is only applicable to Premium licences. Based on how Dataflows are pitched as an Excel type approach to ETL I find it unusual that linked entities are only appropriate for Premium licences, especially since the analogy of an entities is a 'cell' in Excel. This is like shipping Excel with only one cell in it as a product for non-premium users. Premium capacities are only appropriate for huge organisations with hundreds of licences to make it financially viable. I would consider either a) making linked entities available to Pro licences by default. or b) separating the licencing for dataflows out of premium into a piece that smaller organisations can utalise in a separate licence type.

[niklas_moller]

I understand that Microsoft needs to separate the tiers so that the Pro tier is not as capable as the Premium tier. However, I highly doubt that THIS feature is particularily important in that regard. I think Microsoft has more to gain from making it available in Pro tier, and then let that make the popularity of the over all solution greater (= leads to more sales of both Pro and Premium in the long run)

[gbertoli1]

This is a very basic function that should be part of PRO. I am currently merging two tables in the desktop version using powerquery, so it doesn't seem like much of a stretch to want that same basic functionality in Dataflow. Leaving the door open for Alteryx to capitalize.

[pbiideas1]

It's more than a year ago now... when will this basic feature finally be available for Power BI Pro?

[dave_jaycock]

This idea/issue is mentioned multiple times on these forums. This feature is so fundamental to Power Query functionality that it needs to be enabled for non-Premium customers.

[bi65]

This is a basic requirement. So limiting without this

[nishalit]

We have recently release Premium Per User, which brings Premium features at a lower price point, targeting teams and smaller organizations specifically. Power BI Premium Per User - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

[Eijaz_Sheikh]

Instead of the huge ask from Power BI Pro users to have linked entities enabled with refresh and manipulation capabilities, it seems MS doesn't respect this idea and so has released a Premium per user solution - which is not a good solution! 😞