Views not visible when using Snowflake Connector 2.0 (preview feature) in March 2025 update

[rschimmel]

For everyone retrieving data from Snowflake into Power BI, please take note of the following:

In the March 2025 version (which most of you will have by now), there is a preview feature: an improved version of the Snowflake connector.

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-march-2025-feature-summary/

This connector is supposed to work better with large data volumes and uses an ADBC connection instead of ODBC (see documentation).

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/connectors/snowflake#new-snowflake-connector-implement...

This "preview feature" was automatically pushed with the last update but, unfortunately, contains a bug. When you try to connect using the new connector and access a Snowflake Server, you will only see the tables—even if you have the correct permissions. Views within all schemas will not be visible!

How can you fix this?

Disable this preview feature and restart Power BI! — See the image below.

Note that you can still access your existing views from Power Query. So, if you already have a working Power Query setup/connections with the Snowflake Server, you can simply duplicate and reuse it. The views are just not visible in the Power BI Desktop UI.

[Anonymous]

GENIUS!!! ...i wish i found  your post 2 days ago.... i even reinstalled drivers 

[v-ssriganesh · Accepted solution]

Hi @rschimmel ,

We appreciate you bringing this to our attention. This information will be helpful for others facing a similar issue.

Your workaround is a great temporary fix! However, reporting this issue to Microsoft via the Power BI Issues Forum will help ensure the Microsoft team is aware and can address it in a future update: Power BI Community - Issues Forum

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