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Connect to dataflow in Power BI Service?
I really appreciate this detailed answer. I tried to check the "Enable Enhanced Compute Engine" option but it was not available to me (grayed out). I think this feature may only be an option for premium license from what I found on the web. I have a pro license.
mopetkewi
I have a feeling that suparnababu8 was referring to setting up direct query to dataflow in Power bi desktop, then publishing it.
But if i understand correctly, you want to do it in power bi service directly, right?
Yes - I want to do it on Power BI service directly.
I still think we cant do that, but let me give the instructions from suparnababu8 another try in a few hours. I will keep you posted
mopetkewi
no dice, when it comes to consuming dataflow directly from a report in power bi service. A semantic model has to be created in power bi desktop first. Here is a doc from microsoft to support this:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/dataflows/dataflows-configure-consume#consume-a-dataflow
But... this is power bi, new stuff comes up all the time, there could be someting that we miss/ not aware of. Lets see if suparnababy8 can shed more light on his solution.