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GiulianoB
2 years agoNew Member
Consume Excel file stored in M-File from PowerBI
Hello, Is there anyone who has configured PowerBI or a Dataflow in a way to consume an Excel file directly from an M-File Vault? By using the "Get Data" from PowerBI, I'm able to find the file from...
JOOV2
1 year agoFrequent Visitor
Hi GiulianoB,
An update on this from my side in the hope it helps others...
We currently have two solutions:
1) Connect with the file via the local M-files M:/-drive and use a personal on-premises gateway for scheduled refresh.
2) Create a Power BI Custom connector for connecting to files in M-files, including authentificatio logic. And install an on-premises gateway to connect to the custom connector .MEZ file.
Best regards!