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How to schedule data refresh with a custom connector data source
Hi jasonyeung87 ,
When you install the on-premises data gateway, you see a Connectors tab in the on-premises data gateway app. In the Load custom data connectors from folder box, select a folder that can be accessed by the user running the gateway service. The default user is NT SERVICE\PBIEgwService. The gateway automatically loads the custom connector files located in that folder. They appear in the list of data connectors.
For the on-premises data gateway, you need to create a data source for your custom connector. On the gateway settings page in the Power BI service, you should see an option when you select the gateway cluster to allow using custom connectors with this cluster. Select that option to enable using custom connectors with this cluster.
When this option is enabled, you see your custom connectors as available data sources that you can create under this gateway cluster. After you create a data source that uses your new custom connector, you can refresh Power BI reports by using that custom connector in the Power BI service.
For more you may refer to :
Use custom data connectors with the on-premises data gateway - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
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Community Support Team _ Caitlyn
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Hi Anonymous ,
thanks for the info. The API the connector is accessing is a third party site hosted in the cloud. I'm not accessing any data that is hosted on prem. Would I still need to setup an on prem gateway?
Sincerely,
Jason