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Anonymous
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9 years ago
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Connect Sql DB -SSAS-Power BI Service

  I am implementing Power BI service (reporting system ) in Professional year project,  We have 6 databases hosted on SQL Server( on premise) Step 1:   Plan is to connect all 6 databases to SSAS(On...
  • GilbertQ's avatar
    GilbertQ
    9 years ago

    Hi Anonymous

     

    To answer your questions below.

     

    1. Yes you can certainly use SSAS to connect to all 6 databases. If you are using SSAS Tabular it is a quick and simple process to get the data from your SQL Server Tables into SSAS Tabular.

    2. If you are doing an exact copy of the tables, SSAS Tabular will do the data movement for you.

    3. Yes you will need to install and configure the On-Premise Gateway on your internal network. Once that is configured you can then connect from the Power BI Service or Power BI Desktop to your SSAS Tabular.

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    GilbertQ
    9 years ago
    Hi

    If you are using SSAS Tabular then Visual Studio is your only option and best option as well
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Anonymous
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9 years ago

Hi Anonymous,

Adding to other’s post, why not directly connect to SQL Server databases in Power BI Desktop? You are able to create reports in Power BI Desktop, and publish the reports to Power BI Service. Moreover, you can use gateway to refresh your dataset in Power BI Service.

 

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

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    Anonymous
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    9 years ago

    Thanks for your suggestion, it is a requirement of my company to have SSAS in between live database and client application.

     

     

    Thanks

    Mazhar

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      GilbertQ
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      9 years ago
      Hi there.

      It all depends if you want all your data to be together or not.

      You can connect to the databases directly with the on premises Gateway