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On-premises data gateway OData OAuth2
hi jeppesal,
Thanks for taking the time to walk thru the scenario and sorry to hear your frustration, hopefully we can get this resovled and get your dataset refreshing.
Few corrections to the statements made below:- Both the personal and enterprise gateway are PRO features and cannot be used with a free account. Are you seeing anything different?
- You can use the enterprise gateway to run your OData data source, but the limitation is the gateway doesn't support oAuth. So you will have to either use a different auth type, or seperate the 2 data sources into 2 datasets.
- The reason why the online data sources have to go thru the gateway is to keep your on-prem data secure, esp when you have mashup scenarios
Finally we acknowledge the auth types gap between the PBI desktop and using it in the service and we're working on addressing them soon in later releases.
Thanks,
Dimah
Hi Lydia
I had a model that has a Project Online OData source using OAuth2. The customer would like to add on-prem SQL Server data to that model. I installed the on-prem gateway and that worked fine for the new SQL source but now my OData source didnt work. It kept saying that it couldnt fint the source in the gateway. After some research I found that I had to add the online sources under "Manage gateway" - see screenshot (sorry it is in Danish).
This is way have the impression that on-prem supports online sources.
But you are telling me that if I whant to combine online sources with on prem I have to use personal gateway (a PRO feature)?
It seems very backwards that the enterprise oriented gateway is free at doesnt support online sources with OAuth2, but the PRO personal gateway does?
Again, in my mind this is not af nice-to-have feature, this is a need-to-have for a enterprise tool. A lot if IT departments are not very kean on installing user dependant gateways without any deasent administration.
BR
Jeppe
Hi jeppesal,
I can understand your scenario, and your sceanrio has nothing to do with Pro or free account. You are not able to use On-premises gateway to refresh the dataset that contains on-premises data source and online data source. As mentioned in the idea that I post, the feature that allow on-premises gateway to combine on-premises data source and online data source is under review, your patience is greatly appreciate.
Please use personal gateway to work around your issue currently.
Thanks,
Lydia Zhang
Hi Lydia,
I'm sorry if I sound grumpy, I’m just frustrated with the gaps in the core features that keeps me from implementing this great product at enterprise customers.
First, you said; “You are not able to use On-premises gateway to refresh the dataset that contains on-premises data source and online data source”.
I responded with a screenshot showing a screen shoot where I can create online sources in “manage gateway” – please explain that?
Second, if I go to this link https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-personal-gateway/ it clearly states that “The personal gateway is only available with Power BI Pro” – so explain why my issue has nothing to do with license when you say the work around is to use the Personal Gateway?BR
Jeppe SalmonsenHi jeppesal,
When you combine on-premises data source and online data source in a single dataset, you are able to add the data sources under on-premises gateway, however, when you set refresh for the dataset, the "Use a data gateway" option will be disabled and it will fail when you refresh dataset. You need to use personal gateway in this sceanrio to make refresh work.
In addition, I mean that your issue is caused by that on-premises gateway doesn't allow to combine on-premises data source and online data source in a single dataset, it is not caused by that you are using free account of Power BI.
Moreover, as mentioned in this article, it also requires pro license when data from a dataset that connects to on-premises data using the On-premises Data Gateway.
Thanks,
Lydia Zhang