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presto
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10 years ago
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Enterprise gateway file data source

Hi   I have installed the Enterprise Gateway and successfully created a "File" data source to connect to an on-premise file.  Unfortunately, when I publish a PBIX file that sources data from the on...
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    presto
    10 years ago

    I recreated the PBIX file and this fixed the problem.   The queries and file paths within the PBIX file were exactly the same as before but when I published the new PBIX file to Power BI Server I was able to connect it to the Enterprise Gateway.   Not sure why that worked but happy it's fixed :smileyhappy:

     

    As an aside, I was also able use a UNC path to connect to the file on a file server.  I had read previously that the gateway did not support this so I was pleasantly surprised to see this functionality was now available.

     

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presto
Frequent Visitor
10 years ago

I recreated the PBIX file and this fixed the problem.   The queries and file paths within the PBIX file were exactly the same as before but when I published the new PBIX file to Power BI Server I was able to connect it to the Enterprise Gateway.   Not sure why that worked but happy it's fixed :smileyhappy:

 

As an aside, I was also able use a UNC path to connect to the file on a file server.  I had read previously that the gateway did not support this so I was pleasantly surprised to see this functionality was now available.