Forum Discussion

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
7 years ago
Solved

DirectQuery and Power BI Service

I have a Power BI Desktop project that uses DirectQuery to access an on-premises
Microsoft SQL Server database.

From Power BI Desktop, you can query the database. But When I publish the Power BI Desktop project to the Power BI service, the visualizations cannot display the data. What should I do to resolve the issue?

1. Locate the published dataset for the project in the Power BI service and configure the
data source credentials.
2. Install the on-premises data gateway (personal mode) and republish the project.
3. Install the on-premises data gateway and configure a data source.

 

I think 1 is correct but why not 3..? Please can someone explain this?

 

Thank you!

5 Replies

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable

      GilbertQ wrote:
      Hi there

      In order to use DirectQuery you need to install and configure the On-Premise data gateway in Enterprise mode.

      Once that is done, then create a new data source in the Power BI Service to the SQL Server Database.

      Once that is done, re-publish your PBIX file and once it has been published it should let you know that it has connected to the Gateway.

      https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-gateway-enterprise-manage-sql

      Thanks for your response.  My question was which is correct from given options?

       

      I have a Power BI Desktop project that uses DirectQuery to access an on-premises
      Microsoft SQL Server database.

      From Power BI Desktop, you can query the database. But When I publish the Power BI Desktop project to the Power BI service, the visualizations cannot display the data. What should I do to resolve the issue?

      1. Locate the published dataset for the project in the Power BI service and configure the
      data source credentials.
      2. Install the on-premises data gateway (personal mode) and republish the project.
      3. Install the on-premises data gateway and configure a data source.

      • GilbertQ's avatar
        GilbertQ
        Super User
        Hi there

        I thought that I had explained it in my response and the associated link?