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Anonymous
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Redshift as a data source

Hi, 

 

 

I created a report using data from Redshift (private cluster) using Direct Query. In Power BI Desktop everything is fine, the problem appeared after publishing to Power BI Service. I can't see the data in the visuals. 

I followed the steps from here:

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-support-for-amazon-redshift-reports-in-the-power...

 

At the adding of the data source credentials I encountered the following error:

"Is the server running on host "prod-red**bleep**-.... " and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5439? "

 

Redshift is located inside a private subnet in AWS.How we can communicate with Power BI Service? We can't make the cluster public. 

Can you please advise? 

 

Looking forward to receive your responses,

Bianca Stratulat

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v-piga-msft
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Hi @Anonymous ,

For your scenario, please refer to this similar thread which has been solved firstly.

If you still need help, please feel free to ask.

Best  Regards,

Cherry

 

Community Support Team _ Cherry Gao
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Anonymous
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Hi Cherry,

 

Thank you for taking the time to look at my issue. I looked at that solution but add an ODBC connection to Redshift is not actually a proper solution.PBI Gateway on premise does not support Redshift directly from the PowerBI Service  but Power BI Desktop allows Direct Query( I used this as guide : https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-support-for-amazon-redshift-reports-in-the-power... ,the last part is not working).

We will need to schedule a refresh and we will lose the performance given by Redshift(dealing with large amount of datasets ) and we will not have real time analytics. 

 

Regards,

Bianca Stratulat

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