Category: Self-Service BI

BISM Multidimensional, On-premises Data Gateway Enterprise Mode, Power BI, Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service

Connect Live Power BI to SSAS Multidimensional

Connect liv Power BI SSAS Multidimensional

In one of my previous posts I explained how to use Power BI on top of your SSAS Multidimensional using Data Import Scenario. You can also find definitive explanation about “Managing Analysis Services Multidimensional Model” here. In this post I show you how to connect live your SSAS Multidimensional model with Power BI. “Connect Live SSAS Multidimensional” means making a Direct Connection from Power BI Desktop to your SSAS Multidimensional instance.

As it is a direct connection you’ll be able to see/use the following SSAS Multidimensional objects:

  • Cubes
  • Perspectives
  • Measure Groups
  • Measures
  • Dimensions
  • Dimension Attributes
  • Hierarchies including Parent Child

In this post you’ll learn:

  • How to connect live from Power BI Desktop to SSAS Multidimensional
  • Creating reports using SSAS objects like hierarchies
  • Publishing your reports from Power BI Desktop to Power BI Service

Requirements

To be able to successfully create and publish your reports using Power BI Desktop on top of SSAS Multidimensional you will require:

  • The latest version of Power BI Desktop (Current version is 2.31.4280.361 64-bit (January 2016))

Power BI Desktop Version

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Azure, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Pass Business Intelligence Virtual Chapter, Power BI, Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service, Presentations

Webinar Materials: Visualising Azure SQL DW with Power BI

Power BI Azure SQL DW PassIn the previous post I announced that I will speak in “Visualising Your Azure SQL Data Warehouse with Power BI” webinar on 23 Jan 2016. The webinar host was Pass Business Intelligence Virtual Chapter. It was such an amazing experience for me to speak in the webinar and I would like to thank all 105 attendees. The attendees showed their enthusiasm by asking lots of questions during the webinar.

In this webinar I demonstrated:

  • How to install Azure SQL DW in Azure Portal
  • How to configure firewall settings from Azure Portal and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2016
  • How to connect directly from Azure SQL DW to Power BI Service and the other way around
  • How to visualise you Azure SQL DW data warehouse data with Power BI Desktop (both Data Import and DirectQuery scenarios)
  • Comparing the features of different scenarios that helps you finding the best for your use cases

and much more…

You can see and download the session materials as follows.

Session Materials

Watch Visualising Your Azure SQL Data Warehouse with Power BI on YouTube

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Azure, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Pass Business Intelligence Virtual Chapter, Power BI, Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service, Presentations

Webinar: Visualising Your Azure SQL Data Warehouse with Power BI

Pass BI Virtual Chapter Visualizing Azure SQL Data Warehouse Power BI

It’s such an honor that I’m invited to speak in Pass Business Intelligence Virtual Chapter webinar which will be held on 23 Jan 2016.  I would be very happy to have you all in the webinar.

You can register here.

You can register and subscribe for Pass upcoming events here.

Agenda:

  1. Introduction to Power BI
  2. Introduction to Azure SQL Data Warehouse
  3. Requirements
  4. Demo
    • Azure SQL Data Warehouse Installation/Configuration
    • Connecting Directly from Azure SQL Data Warehouse to Power BI Service
    • Creating Simple Reports on Power BI Service
    • Visualising Azure SQL Data Warehouse Using Power BI Desktop
  5. Conclusion

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BISM Multidimensional, BISM Tabular, On-premises Data Gateway Enterprise Mode, Power BI, Power BI Desktop, SQL Server Analysis Services - SSAS

Power BI Enterprise Gateway, Everything You Need to Know

On-premises Data Gateway (aka Power BI Enterprise Gateway) is release a while ago (2 Dec. 2015), but, with the latest release on 22 Dec. 2015 Power BI Enterprise Gateway now supports live connections to both SQL Server Analysis Services Multidimensional and Tabular models as well as SAP HANA. In this post I’ll explain lots of important aspects of the Power BI Enterprise Gateway including installation,  configuration for different data sources including SSAS Multidimensional, Tabular and SQL Server Database and much more. If you need to have the lowest possible latency then you need DirectQuery/Explore Live feature on top of your on-premises data sources. The good news is that Power BI Enterprise Gateway now supports all following data sources:

  • SQL Server Database
  • SQL Server Analysis Services Multidimensional
  • SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular
  • SAP HANA

    In this article you’ll learn how to install and configure Power BI Enterprise Gate Way, how to manage different live data sources, how to create reports on top of live data sources and more.

  • Note 1: If you want to use DirectQuery to connect to your on-prem SQL Server Database OR Explore Live your SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular model then you might not need to install and use the Power BI Enterprise Gateway. In those cases you can install Power BI Personal Gateway to connect to an instance of SQL Server OR install Power BI Analysis Services Connector to connect to your on-prem instance of SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular model rather than installing the Power BI Enterprise Gateway. But, bear in mind that selecting the best gateway is really depending on your use cases, your data sources and the environment you’re working on.

  • Note 2: The Power BI Enterprise Gateway and Power BI Personal Gateway CAN be installed on the same machine.

    Downloading and Installing Power BI Enterprise Gateway

    You can download the gateway from the dedicated download page for On-premises Data Gateway on Microsoft website or after logging into Power BI Service with your account, click on “Data  Gateway” from the download menu:
    downloading on-premises data gateway from Power BI service

    OR you can go straight to the gateway page then download the Power BI Gateway – Enterprise (Preview):

    Direct Link to Download Power BI Enterprise Gateway

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