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PBIC
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8 years ago
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Has Power BI Direct Connection been deprecated ?

Is Direct Connection still possible or has it been deprecated ? As described here: http://radacad.com/power-bi-get-data-from-azure-sql-database#comment-59271   I have looked at it before and I cou...
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    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    HI PBIC.

     

    In fact, these connector has migrated to desktop side for a long time.

     

    I guess it may related to below reasons.

    1. On service side, you can't choose which tables/fileds to load and do customize calculations.

    2. Desktop side has better support for report customized.

    3. There are no obviously differences between two mode.

     

    So, power bi service remove online version and suggest you create report on desktop side.

     

    Regards,

    Xiaoxin Sheng

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Anonymous
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8 years ago

HI PBIC.

 

In fact, these connector has migrated to desktop side for a long time.

 

I guess it may related to below reasons.

1. On service side, you can't choose which tables/fileds to load and do customize calculations.

2. Desktop side has better support for report customized.

3. There are no obviously differences between two mode.

 

So, power bi service remove online version and suggest you create report on desktop side.

 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng