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mmaster
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6 years ago
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Disconnect between Desktop & Report Server

Good afternoon,   We're currently using PBI Report Server  (1.5.7074.36177 (May 2019)) and have downloaded the May2019 version of PBI Desktop that is pushed by the download link on PBIRS.    Howe...
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    d_gosbell
    6 years ago

    mmaster wrote:

    What I am unable to do is select any of the Report Server datasets when Getting Data, because PBI Desktop then attempts to "log me in" which leads to the steps I detailed.

    This would be because PBI Report Server does not currently support shared datasets.

     

    So PBI Desktop is trying to sign you in to powerbi.com to connect you datasets stored there.

     

    Your only real option for sharing tabular models on-prem is to develop those models in SSDT and deploy them to an on-prem Analysis Services tabular instance (if you have one)