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nmj40
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7 years ago

Setting up a PowerBI Gatewat Data Source and choosing FILE or FOLDER

Setting up a PowerBI Gatewat Data Source and choosing FILE or FOLDER Does anyone know if it is possible to use \\server\share instead of local drive such as C:\whatever ?    or does this Gateway s...
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nmj40
Regular Visitor
7 years ago

 

This is the error I get when I try to setup the new data source in powerbi.com

The share is correct and I can open that share from the Gateway server to the File Server.

 

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nmj40
Regular Visitor
7 years ago

Please can you tell me what port(s) are required for the Power BI Gateway server to connect to internal file share on internal server??

 

All the ports are opened for the Power BI Gateway server to connect outbound to Azure Service Bus and we have many connections extracting internal data from SQL servers (1433) successfully,  but what is needed for PowerBI Gateway server to read xls files on an internal \\server\share ?

 

Thanks

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    7 years ago

    nmj40,

    Power BI gateway only requires outbound ports to connect to Azure Service bus, it doesn't require any inbound ports. And I don't think your issue is related to port.

    In your scenario, you can use Folder connector or File connector within the gateway. Do you use a network share path?

    Regards,
    Lydia