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Power BI Dataflow Connection Issues with Gateway (On Premise)
Apparently this is a known issue, and will be corrected soon. I had the same problem, I needed to edit a query that was preventing the dataflow refresh, but could not save changes as all queries showed a "please specify how to connect" error and would not let me configure the connection. Fortunately after a while I found the same workaround you mention... I was opening a support ticket and saw this message in the support page -> "Power BI customers editing existing dataflows that use the on-premises gateway client may see the message, "Please specify how to connect". Any changes made will not be saved. Engineers have identified the root cause and a fix is expected to be deployed by end-of-day 02/22/2021"
Thanks for your help. Can you please send me the link to go to this support page?
Sure, https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/support/
From Power BI Service, click on the "?" icon at the top right corner, select "Get Help" and the support page opens.
germanpp - I am having same issue... but I am not seeing that message on support page regarding expected fix. Can you confirm whether you are still seeing that message?
Hello, you are right, I have just checked the support page and the message is not showing there anymore.
I have also checked my dataflows and I am no longer experiencing the issue. They work perfectly, and I can now edit them just as usual.
I had opened a support ticket, and Microsoft support contacted me offering the workaround we discussed here a temporary solution, and confirming a definitive fix planned for 02/22/2021.