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yoshihirok
Post Prodigy
7 years agoWhich storage type the Power BI dataflow connector from Power BI to CDM on Azure Data Lake ?
I want to know which storage type the Power BI dataflow connector? for connecting from Power BI to Common Data Model on Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2. Import? DirectQuery? or Live? The storage t...
GilbertQ
Super User
7 years agoHi there
When using data flows, all the data is imported into the CDM folder which is all stored on Azure Data Lake Gen2
When using data flows, all the data is imported into the CDM folder which is all stored on Azure Data Lake Gen2
amos_ortal
Resolver I
7 years agoBy default, the data is stored in Power BI internal storage.
If you mount your own ADLSg2 storage and map a dataflow to it then it is saved as a CDM Folder.
See Power BI Dataflows and Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Integration Preview Blog Post for details.