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DebbieE
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3 years ago
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Power BI Dataflows Legacy. What does it mean for us

Just noticed PowerBI dataflows has been changed to Power BI Dataflows Legacy and We use these alot.   Ive googled this and come up with nothing.   can anyone tell me what the implications are...
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  • otravers's avatar
    otravers
    3 years ago

    DebbieE, are you referring to the name of the connector in Power BI Desktop?

    The Legacy connector enumerates only Power BI workspaces and their dataflows, while the newer "Dataflows" connector also lists PowerApps environments and their dataflows. Don't worry, dataflows are not going anywhere, this is just a way to differentiate the older and narrower connector. I haven't heard anything about Microsoft phasing out the older Power BI dataflow connector.

     

    The old connector uses the PowerBI.Dataflows M syntax while the new one is PowerPlatform.Dataflows. You can't simply substitute PowerBI with PowerPlatform in your M source step as the subsequent navigation step is different. If you want to future proof, you may want to start using the new connector, documented here:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/connectors/dataflows

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alexgor87
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3 years ago

Hi all, I already started using the new "Dataflow" connector, and today I got the error:

DataSource.Error: The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send.
Details:
https://api.powerbi.com/powerbi/globalservice/v201606/clusterdetails

When i check the connectors, I can only see "Power BI dataflow (Legacy)" now. Does anyone know what happened with the new "Dataflows" connector? Was it removed?