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ucilengi's avatar
ucilengi
New Member
9 years ago

get data from atom file

In powerpivot, it is possible to get data using atom file (.atomsvc) by simply connectiong to the file. In the power bi desktop tool the only option is connection via odata. however, this does not wo...
v-qiuyu-msft's avatar
v-qiuyu-msft
Community Support
9 years ago

Hi ucilengi,

 

When the atom file is written to the URL, can you get the data which it's point to in PowerPivot? If it can be achieved, please try to import this Excel workbook into the Power BI Desktop.

 

Best Regards,

Qiuyun Yu

ucilengi's avatar
ucilengi
New Member
9 years ago

Hi v-qiuyu-msft,

 

I tried importing the contents of the excel file. However, Power BI desktop does see the tables. But that's two levels of integration. Power BI can take OData but cannot take atom files. I would rather depend on the original connection rather than connecting to an excel file. 

  • Farwest's avatar
    Farwest
    Frequent Visitor
    8 years ago

    Hi All,

     

    I am reviving this discussion from 2016 as I do have the same problem, is there a way to read an .atomsvc file from power Bi desktop. PowerPivot does it but when importing the data model into PowerBI, it only extract the data contained in the atom file and not the feed data.

     

    Thanks

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      8 years ago

       For anyone else stumbling across this, if you view the raw xml you'll see the web connection Power BI can use. It will be of the form :

       

      https://server/reportservername?/reportfolder/reportname

       

      It will then likely include a lof parameters you can remove, and end with:

       

      &rs:Format=ATOM

       

      Change this to:

       

      &rs:Format=CSV

       

      To finally yield:

       

      http://server/reportservername?/reportfolder/reportname&rs:Format=CSV

       

      Head to Power BI and make a new web connection using the string above and you should be all set.

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        7 years ago

        Hello,

         

        This method doesn't work for for me. I saved report created in CRM365 as Data Feed (ATOMSVC file) and I've tried to get data as Web to Power BI and it doesn't work because the URL have wrong hostname :

        Details: "The remote name could not be resolved: 'amscrmp629agl01.phx.gbl'"

         

        Could you support me with information how to get data from CRM365 report directly to Power BI ?

         

        Best Regards,

        Lukasz