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LuteceFalco
Helper II
Helper II

Data loaded by pbix

Hi,

 

We have a pbix file which is Published to PBI Service, so this pbix file have 10 Excel files refreshed everyday, some of them per hour.

I installed On-Premises Gateway, and created and added Data Sources, so just to check with you. Do I need to add pbix as a data source, or all 10 Excel files, or both? Because, when I loaded all 10 Excel files, it's giving me a message, for about 5-6 files, that I reached maximum of connections, and only some of them dont have this message.

Here is just pbix file loaded.

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And this is a message that I have, if I try to load Excel files, used by pbix. Like I said, there is 10 files, and after 5 files added, it start to refuse the others, because the maximum conection is reached on this computer.

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Anonymous
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Hi @LuteceFalco,

 

I'd like to suggest you move these file to one folder and use folder as the datasource.

 

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Notice: use full path of the folder and "domain/username" to config this datasource.

 

In additon, pbix file not the available datasource for power bi.

 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

Seth_C_Bauer
Community Champion
Community Champion

@LuteceFalco First, you would connect to the Excel files in the gateway, not the PBIX.

Second, it would appear that the computer you are connecting to has a limitation on how many connections it allows at one time. I found this technet post that speaks to this, but that isn't my area of expertise.


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