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stevemccall1
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3 years ago
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Connecting to a local API via data gateway

Hi,   Hope someone can help.  I've set up a local API that is accessible via a data gateway in PowerApps and want to query a dataset against this.  I can't find any documentation on how to do this ...
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  • lbendlin's avatar
    lbendlin
    3 years ago

    Well, that's not really "local".  How are you planning to do development work?  Running Power BI Desktop on a VM that is in the same subnet?

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lbendlin
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3 years ago

Are you able to consume that API from your PC via other means? Like, through a browser or wget or curl ?

 

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stevemccall1
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3 years ago

No - it is on a VM in azure - only accessible via the data gateway.

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    lbendlin
    Super User
    3 years ago

    Well, that's not really "local".  How are you planning to do development work?  Running Power BI Desktop on a VM that is in the same subnet?

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    lbendlin
    Super User
    3 years ago

    Still no. Power BI Desktop must have direct line of sight to the on-premise data sources.

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    stevemccall1
    Frequent Visitor
    3 years ago

    Ok , thanks - I've managed to get access directly and it's all working as expected!