Hello everyone I am a beginner in Power BI.
I have queried a SQL database from Power BI in "Import" mode because I need to make changes to this dataset. I have created parameters that I have inserted in the Power Query script of my SQL query.
When I am on the Power BI Desktop screen, I can click on the drop-down box (see attached image) "Transform data", then "Modify parameters" and query my database.
My problem: I have read that it is not possible to use this option if I publish this report on the BI portal.
How can I give the end user, who will have to log in to the BI portal, the ability to modify the settings (to query the SQL database) as I do with Power BI Desktop?
Thank you for your answers.
PS: I specify that I am on the September 2021 version (Version: 2.97.921.0 64-bit) of Power BI and I do not have the possibility to switch to the February 2022 version which, I believe, allows me to manage this problem with the "Bind to parameter" option
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hope someone can provide some insights or experience in this area.
I am currently building some reports in Power BI, the data source is connected via ODBC to a firebird database (testing environment atm). I copied the script to SQL statement and it runs ok.
However, something went wrong every time I refreshed the data, it stops at 'loading data to model' stage. I have to end Power BI in task manager then restart it again.
I don't know why this happens.
Thanks in advance.
We use IBM Cognos Connection. I'm not entirely sure how it works. But we login on the web and run queries off it.
I am aware that Excel can use ODBC to directly import data from a database into the spreadsheet.
What I am unsure of is that - is IBM Cognos Connection a database? or just a reporting tool? I would like to get the data directly into excel, instead of running reports online. Is this possible, if so how?
IBM Cognos is a Bi tool it is sophisticated than a regular reporting tool. It is not a database rather it needs one to work with.
IBM Cognos comes with a tool called report studio where you can assemble the data sources and perform manipulations to view a neat report with a chart or a table.
You can however replace using Cognos with an Excel, provided you understand all the logic that has gone into stitching the report in Cognos. You will need to write all those logics in SQL to get the report in excel.
I have SSAS cube and I want to create report in Power View using connection to my Tabular cube. And I get error, can not connect.
is it possible to create powerview from SSAS Tabular ? or is there another way ?
Thanks
I'm assuming Excel 2013 and the Power View add-in already enabled. Please follow the instructions here but on step 13 choose Power View instead of PivotTable.
I am working on Power BI with a SSAS instance. I am using a direct connection to browse the data. I need to build custom measures and columns to create a dashboard, but the buttons are greyed out and the right-click menu on a table does not show 'New mesure' or 'New column'.
Obviously I am missing something, any idea what?
No you can't create measure or column if you are connected to SSAS
Question: If I created a live connection, can I edit the model or query in Power BI Desktop?
Answer: No. All of the query and modeling features in Power BI Desktop
are disabled when exploring live data.
you can found other info here : https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-desktop-analysis-services-tabular-data/
I am in the process of evaluiting Ad-Hoc reporting tool on top SQL Server 2008 R2. I would like to know what are the limitations around the Report Builder 3.0 which comes with SQL server.
What reports we can do in VS 2008 with BIDS and which we can not do in Report Builder 3.0 We are trying to answer what can be done what can be done with Report Builder.
Please share your real time experiance
We went through this same evaluation not that long ago. Basically BIDS and Report Builder 2/3 allow you to do the same thing. Report Builder is for those users who want to create or modify their own reports without needing to install BIDS. Report Builder has a Microsoft Office look and feel. It has the ribbon controls similar to Excel and Word. The same .RDL or .RDLC is generated by both. However, Report Builder 3 only targets SSRS 2008 R2. The .RDL format has changed for SSRS 2008 R2.
Either way the report can be deployed to an SSRS server, Sharepoint or the Microsoft Report Viewer (for .RDLC files).
As you may or may not know, there is no BIDS for Visual Studio 2010 (yet). If you want to use BIDS, you'll need to use VS 2008, which targets SQL Server 2008.
I think for a Power User who already has gone through tools like Cognos and Business Objects, the reprot builder 3.0 seems to lack lot of features while reporting against the cube. Here are the main.
I cannot create a variable which I can use in multiple tables in the report. I thought I could use "calculated member" but it does not let me use any kind of aggregate function on any of the objects against the cube as it treats everything as aggregate objects.
I cannot use a simple "OR" statement in the query filter.
Power user while building the report need to always pay attention to "row group", which I think is frustrating. In other tools the measure or fact groups it only groups by the dimension u have in the table.
Row limitations while exporting to excel.