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ven666
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2 years ago

how to refresh report after publishing, database is connected through vpn on my local laptop

i used power bi to generate report which connects to the db, which needs openvpn on my local laptop. now i published the report and try to refresh it, but it's not working due to it needs openvpn to connect to db. the database server is on linux ec2 machine, and gateway can't be installed there. is there any way to refresh the report after publishing and how to avoid the vpn issue? 

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  • lbendlin's avatar
    lbendlin
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    2 years ago

    No. Power BI has no idea what a VPN is or how to operate it.

    • ven666's avatar
      ven666
      Frequent Visitor
      2 years ago

      is there a way to get PowerBI server CIDR?

      • lbendlin's avatar
        lbendlin
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        2 years ago

        Please explain what you mean by "Power BI Server".  Do you mean the Power BI Service in Azure, Or Power BI Report Server on-premise?