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Importing in from SSAS Cube
It is the case that Power BI can only connect to SSAS Multidimensional Enterprise Edition (or BI Edition, though that has gone in SQL Server 2016):
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-desktop-ssas-multidimensional/
You can vote to try to have that changed here:
Sorry...
Chris
I've just had a second confirmation from Microsoft that DAX queries are supported in SSAS 2016 Multidimensional Standard Edition, and someone I know has tested Power BI Desktop with the same configuration and he says it works (though I haven't tested it myself). Are you sure you're using the latest version of everything?
Regards,
Chris
To be clear, you are using Power Pivot to import data from SSAS into Excel, then uploading that workbook to Power BI? As far as I know, this should work. I guess you've seen these pages, and the links to the troubleshooting tips?
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-refresh-excel-file-onedrive/
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-service-excel-workbook-files/
Chris