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SQL connection
wherring Couple things. 1) If you want a direct notification in your reply messages to people via the community site, you need to specify the users name with the "@" prior to the name. 2) There are several routes you can take depending on how you can extract your Micros data. The first would be to pull it into SQL via an etl process (SSIS as an example), the second would be to do the data mashup in Power BI desktop and connect to the multiple sources. Depending on what version of SQL you have, and the tools available, the best corporate solution would be to pull in the data and do a mashup in a data mart, create a tabular model (could also do Multi-dimensional), and deploy to a SSAS instance, then just connect to the SSAS instance from Power BI. That route will require some technical know-how but it depends on your needs.
Further assistance can be provided if you provide more detail on what your end goals are, and adding a bit more detail as to what your issue is.
Anonymous
Thanks for responding and clarifying. Its clear to me to accomplish our needs we're going to need the services of someone with a stronger technical understanding. Microsoft seems to not have direct consulting support but instead has a page with dozens of 3rd party providers. Based on the locations and types of data we are looking at can you recommed where to go for assistance? You reference data mashup etc below. is that a function that can be set up to happen automatically once its done the first time or will it have to be converted and uploaded anytime we want new data to BI. In other words, can we hire someone to set it up, determining th reporting we want to see, then continue to get refreshed data withit the daily help of IT folks.
thanks
@wherring
wherring If you are initially thinking that you may need assistance, send me a private message and we can figure out exactly what you are trying to do.