Tech Tip Thursday: integrating Power BI and OneDrive for Business
This week’s Tech Tip Thursday is stars Guy in a Cube talking about best practices for integrating Power BI and OneDrive for Business.
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Guy in a Cube – How authentication works with Analysis Services live connections
I’ve been noticing a lot of discussion on the community site, in my emails, and in conversation from people having trouble connecting to Analysis Services through the Power BI Gateway – Enterprise. I thought it might help if I break down what actually happens, and what you need to configure to create a successful connection.
» Read moreGuy in a Cube – How to expand a list of records in a query
This post will look at two different approaches for expanding a record from a list using Power BI and a bit of M syntax. In our specific case, a customer wanted to pull data from a record that was listed in the table output of a SharePoint list.
» Read moreHow to get Power BI (free) licenses when AllowAdHocSubscriptions is disabled
You may be in a situation where you have disabled AllowAdHocSubscriptions for Azure Active Directory within your organization. This will prevent the ability for users to signup for Power BI. If your organization has this enabled, and no one has signed…
» Read morePublishing Oracle data to Power BI with Data Refresh
Connecting to data sources through Power BI is an easy way to get analytics and insights on data that is important to you. Power BI is designed to work well with a variety of data sources including Oracle. Important considerations for connecting to data…
» Read moreAzure Active Directory and Power BI
NOTE: This information is good as of 9/15/2015 and is subject to change! I get approached quite often regarding Azure Active Directory and how to get that working with Power BI. Here is an example of a question I received. I am investigating Power BI…
» Read moreFailure installing the Power BI Personal Gateway
NOTE: Information good as of 8/25/2015 and is subject to change! When trying to install the Power BI Personal Gateway, you may encounter the following error. Please uninstall the Power BI Analysis Services Connector before continuing. We had a customer…
» Read moreError Signing in with ADFS and Azure AD
NOTE: Information good as of 8/25/2015 and is subject to change! When trying to sign in with any of the desktop apps, you may encounter an error when you are using Active Directory Federated Services in combination with Azure Active Directory. This could…
» Read morePower BI Licensing Revisited!
NOTE: This information good as of 8/19/2015 and is subject to change! Questions around Licensing continues to be a top question I get asked about. Whether it is about licensing directly, or about some feature issue and it boils down to licensing. With…
» Read moreHow to create a Service Request to contact Power BI Support
NOTE: This information is good as of 5/16/2016 and is subject to change! If you are a Power BI Pro user, this entitles you to assisted support. In order to get that support, you have to go through your IT Admin who can then submit a Service Request via…
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