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Justair07
Resolver I
6 years ago

Use Multiple Gateways for Single Power BI Report

Hi,

Here is my senerio. I have data sources across the globe. Some in a server farm across the country. Some here in the same building as me, etc. That being said, it makes sense for me to put a gateway near the different sources so that way data is being pushed and pulled further than it needs to be.

 

I have a report that refrenses data from a server farm across the counrty and the same report refrences data from a local server. How can I use the two different gateways to set up my scheduled refreshes?

 

If this is not possible, I have to admit this is a huge flaw in the service.

 

Anyone run into this?

 

Thank you

6 Replies

    • Justair07's avatar
      Justair07
      Resolver I

      V-lianl-msft thank you for the reply. Unfortunately that articles is for setting up a gateway as backup. I want to use multiple gateways at the same time for a single report. For example, if I have data being pulled from California, I want to use a gateway I have set up in California. But if I have data being pulled from Michigan, I want ot use a gateway in Michigan. All in one report. Currently is apprears that this is not supported.

      • Jarrad's avatar
        Jarrad
        New Member

        Justair07 did you get an answer? I have customers that have multiple sites with the same data model trying to do a comparison of site vs site, the only way I can see it as possible is a singular report with multiple gateways same as what you asked here.

  • Bump...

    Has this been addressed yet?  I agree with the @Justair07 here.  Much like in the "Manage Gateways" facility whereby you can add new datasources to an exisiting "Gateway Cluster" , the almost reverse of having the ability to add multiple gateways to a "Dataset" is obviously the smart idea. Currently within a Workspace -> "Datasets" -> "Settings" -> "Gateway Connection" you can see a list of all gateways that are installed, my question is, is it possible to select multiple gateways (and mapped datasources) to drive that dataset??  or is the limitation such that only 1 gateway can drive 1 dataset?