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Some PBI Datasets not showing in Excel
I'm working on a PoC to test using PBI Datasets within Excel (both Excel Desktop and Excel for the Web) and I'm getting mixed experiences that I can't isolate/resolve. Most datasets aren't available within Excel, but a couple are.
Here is my setup:
- Several Datasets deployed to PBI Service... most in "My Workspace" and a couple in a "Development" Workspace.
- I have Admin/All Permission access to all the Workspaces and Datasets (I'm also the Owner of all "Data Source" connections in the Gateway Portal).
- I'm currently on a Trial PBI Pro licence (to test creating Workspaces and sharing Datasets with others in my team).
- Here are the Datasets in my "Development" Workspace, none of these are available in Excel (Desktop or For The Web):
- Here are the Datasets in "My Workspace", only 2 of these appear in Excel for the Web, but none in the Excel Desktop:
- In Excel Desktop none of the datasets appear either via Insert -> Pivot Table -> From Power BI or via Data -> Get Data -> From Power Platform -> From Power BI (note: I'm signed in, our tenant name appears in brackets after "From Power BI" and I believe we meet the prerequisites listed here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/collaborate-share/service-connect-power-bi-datasets-excel)
- Via my OneDrive, I can open a new Excel Workbook and via Insert -> Pivot Table -> From Power BI there are 2 Datasets that are available, but none of the others (most importantly none from my "Development" Workspace:
- For all of these Datasets I can "Analyze in Excel" to open and connect to them in Excel for the Web.
Ideally, I would like our other developers to be able to open up excel and connnect to publilshed datasets they have access to. Is there something I have missed? Why would only 2 datasets be available, and not the rest, even though they appear to be setup the same?b
Kind regards
Scott
3 Replies
- ScottKCFrequent Visitor
A few are AS (Scenario2, Model Dataset test1, SSAS test1) and the rest are imported.
Initially only "Global Consolidated" was available in Excel, yesterday I tried adjusting the Endorsement on "Scenario1". It didn't have any immediate impact to availability, however today (12+ hours later) it is now available via Excel for the Web.
- Thias
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Hey,
i have quite the same issue as i posted here already:
Power BI datasets not showing in Excel, endorsed n... - Microsoft Fabric Community
It is really strange. As i looked closer to the topic:- I can see: datasets from Workspace 1: DEV/TEST/PRD
- I can see: Dataset 1 from Workspace 2: TEST/PRD
- I cannot see: Dataset 1 from Workspace 2: DEV
- I cannot see: Dataset 2 from Workspache 2: DEV/TEST (in PRD) it does not exists yet)
It seems to me really random. The issue occured also just from one day to the other. As I am admin in all the workspaces it can't be an permission issue.