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Cathryn
Helper III
Helper IIIConnect to Datasets in PowerBI via SSMS
Hi everyone I just saw a webinar that showed SQL Server management studio connected to a PowerBI dataset using an API. I can't find any documentation on how to do this. Does anyone have a li...
Cathryn,
Are you looking for the following blog? You are able to connect to Power BI data model from SSMS as Power BI Desktop starts a SQL Server Analysis Services processes in the background, you are actually connecting to a tabular instance from SSMS.
http://blogs.adatis.co.uk/simonwhiteley/post/PowerBI-Optimisation-1-Connecting-Via-Management-Studio
Regards,
Lydia
AlexisOlson
Super User
Super UserAnonymous
Is it possible to connect to a Power BI dataset that's in the online service rather than locally via Power BI Desktop?
I have datasets in a premium capacity in the cloud and I'm trying to figure out how to access them via SSMS similar to how I can directly connect to pbiazure:// as an OLAP connection via Power BI Desktop or Excel.