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icassiem
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2 years ago
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External Client connecting to Internal Redshift Serverless Data Share with PowerBI

Good day,   We are trying to implement data share moving from API OAuth2 to Redshift Serverless Data Sharing 1. Is this possible for a external user/client to access aws redshift serverless from p...
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  • tharunkumarRTK's avatar
    tharunkumarRTK
    2 years ago

    Hi icassiem ,

     

    I guess you are looking for redshift conectivity in Power BI. 

     

    Any user with appropriate database credentials can connect to redshift database.

     

    If the database is protected with firewall then On premises data gateway connection is required for Power BI service and appropriate VPN configuration is required to connect from Power BI desktop.

     

    Power BI desktop and service natively support redshift database. However you can use ODBC connection as well. 
    (Microsoft recommends native connector over ODBC). 

     

    Please refer to this page for more information: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/connectors/amazon-redshift

    I hope I answered your question. 

     


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tharunkumarRTK
Super User
2 years ago

Hi icassiem ,

 

I guess you are looking for redshift conectivity in Power BI. 

 

Any user with appropriate database credentials can connect to redshift database.

 

If the database is protected with firewall then On premises data gateway connection is required for Power BI service and appropriate VPN configuration is required to connect from Power BI desktop.

 

Power BI desktop and service natively support redshift database. However you can use ODBC connection as well. 
(Microsoft recommends native connector over ODBC). 

 

Please refer to this page for more information: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/connectors/amazon-redshift

I hope I answered your question. 

 


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  • icassiem's avatar
    icassiem
    Post Prodigy
    2 years ago

    Thank You very much tharunkumarRTK 

    this what i was looking for, please clarify below:

    1. Power BI desktop and service natively connectivity, i am not sure it's possible for Redshift Serverless?

    2. The firewall, would this be internally set on Redshift Serverless DB or clients firewall, if internal can it be dropped or configured how?

    • tharunkumarRTK's avatar
      tharunkumarRTK
      Super User
      2 years ago

      icassiem 

      1. Power BI desktop and service natively connectivity, i am not sure it's possible for Redshift Serverless?

      I believe redshift native connector in power bi does  support serverless db as well.  However if you want to connect with your redshift profile then it is not possible  with native connector..
      https://medium.com/@dtyshecky/powerbi-connectivity-with-redshift-serverless-using-odbc-90f2e93e69a3

      2. The firewall, would that be internally set on Redshift Serverless or clients firewall?

      internall set from the AWS end.

       


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      • icassiem's avatar
        icassiem
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        2 years ago

        Apologies, im lost on

        Point1.  i dont have redshift serverless setup as we planning.

        Is it possible or must the clients & internal connect via ODBC > can you test/clarify please, i dont wanyt to use ODBC expecially with clients

        Point2. Can the firewall be dropped or configured to allow, how & risks?

         

        3. With Auth Basic Redshift credentials on Desktop, when deploy to service what would the datasource connection properties be?

            A. an online gateway to the redshift url

            B. or is an on-pren gateway for the client need to be configured "which is not an option")

        Is the below the datasource properties and i just ignore the gateway seletcion option?

         

         

         

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    icassiem
    Post Prodigy
    2 years ago

    Hi, @tharunkumarRTK 

    Apologies, Please Help

    The Basic Auth has been rebuffed.

    I want to use Native, how do i use DB Credentials with Service SSO?

    Would this also be Basic or ?

    Power Query Amazon Redshift connector - Power Query | Microsoft Learn

    Microsoft Entra ID Single Sign-On (SSO) through Power BI service

     

    Im trying to use Native Connector to Redshift, but we cant expect clients to have a server/ec2 for an on-prem gateway

    • tharunkumarRTK's avatar
      tharunkumarRTK
      Super User
      2 years ago

      icassiem 

      If you want to configure SSO then there are few limitations that you should note

      1. it only works with direct query data model

      2. I guess SSO works with Microsoft AAD (Entra) based authentication only but not with basic auth.


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      • icassiem's avatar
        icassiem
        Post Prodigy
        2 years ago

        tharunkumarRTK 

        I dont know what to do 😞 

        i cant use Basic but SSO and need to use Native to Serverless as clients dont have server/ec2 for onprem-gateway

        Please what's my best options, what would you do?