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molegris
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5 years ago
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Best practice for getting data from csv file

Hi,   I just heard about Power BI ability to connect to csv files located on SharePoint online then automatically create a dataset.  And I'm wondering if there would be some benifits to update my c...
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  • v-easonf-msft's avatar
    v-easonf-msft
    5 years ago

    Hi, molegris 

    Although, a dataset can directly get data from a data source, however, it is a best practice that a shared dataset gets the data from dataflows, this is to have a multi-developer implementation  of Power BI.

    For more details,please refer to this document.

    dataflow-vs-dataset 

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Eason

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v-easonf-msft
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5 years ago

Hi, molegris 

Although, a dataset can directly get data from a data source, however, it is a best practice that a shared dataset gets the data from dataflows, this is to have a multi-developer implementation  of Power BI.

For more details,please refer to this document.

dataflow-vs-dataset 

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason

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    molegris
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    5 years ago

    Thank you, this was very useful.

    I found that Microsoft documentation is very good with the "How To" use their products but it's very weak for explaining "Why would we use this product"  "What was it made to do"  "What is the product place in a BI ecosystem", etc.  

     

    Fortunately, there some good bloggers and a great community!  🙂