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Aks8093
1 year agoFrequent Visitor
How to link Data sources credentials linked dynamically to Power Bi?
Hi, Do you have any suggestions for making Data sources credentials linked dynamically to Power Bi? i.e. instead of hardcoding the Servers and Ports, is there any way to connect through any sing...
- 1 year ago
You can place these details on a SharePoint and then read them as part of the Power Query steps. However you will get into conflict with the Formula Firewall which exists exactly to prevent things like this.
lbendlin
1 year agoSuper User
Sorry, forum only for me.
Aks8093
1 year agoFrequent Visitor
Alright.
Incase am creating an Sharepoint Excel file, and saving all the credential details like ServerName, Port, UserID, Password, TableName, TableFolder etc. and then passing the values as parameters in Advance Editor.
Will it work? even though I publish the report to Services.
- lbendlin1 year agoSuper User
define "work". It will "work" but you need to make extra effort to circumvent the formula firewall. At this point you need to ask yourself if you really want to do that.
- Aks80931 year agoFrequent Visitor
Understood your point. Thanks a lot.
- Anonymous1 year agoNot applicable
just for test