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aktelidevara
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3 years ago

AWS Athena DirectQuery on Report Server using Simba drivers

Hi all, We are trying to connect to AWS Athena tables using Power BI Desktop (RS version) using Simba drivers. The dashboard refreshes fine on Power BI Desktop. But when published to Report Server M...
AWS Athena Simba Report Server
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aktelidevara
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3 years ago

Thank you, d_gosbell 
But I am wondering why would the web application prevent from communicating the AWS instance where as the Gateway allows. 

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    d_gosbell
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    3 years ago
    aktelidevara wrote:

    Thank you, d_gosbell 
    But I am wondering why would the web application prevent from communicating the AWS instance where as the Gateway allows. 

    Because Report Server cannot use Gateways, the data sources are registered centrally in the Power BI service and Report Server is built to work without a connection to any cloud service