
Once the Power Query connection string is successfully configured, you can schedule data refresh for Excel Workbooks containing the Power Query connection on the Power BI site. If a data source already exists, the specified users and groups will be appended to the existing users and groups list of the data source. In the users and groups page, specify users and groups that are allowed to access these data sources to refresh Power Query connections. It is suggested to test Power Query connection before clicking next, but if the operation takes too long, you may skip the testing by clicking next. When all the data sources within the Power Query connection are appropriately configured, the test Power Query connection button is enabled. Click save, and the data source status is changed to configured. the Connection provider and the Connection string. You can expand View additional details to view the detailed information of the data source, e.g. You must test connection before clicking ok to save your credentials. Select Credentials type (Windows or database), enter your credentials for the data source, check Encrypt connection checkbox if you would like to establish an encrypted connection to the database. Click credentials to launch the data source settings dialog box. Once all the information above are provided and validated, the credentials button will be enabled.For more information, see Power Query Privacy levels. Select a Privacy Level, which is a Power Query connection specific setting and defines the degree that one data source will be isolated from other data sources.In case, you do not see any gateway listed, make sure you have upgraded your gateway to the latest version (which supports Power Query refresh) and also ensure all the data sources in the Power Query connection are hosted on the same gateway. Only the new gateway you created will show up in the drop down list. Select a gateway to host the data source.

(optional) Provide a description for the data source.Provide a user friendly name for the data source, which is used to identify the data source in Admin Center.

Select a data source that has not been configured.Here’s a step-by-step guidance to create the data source in your tenant:
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You need to update the data source with the missing piece.

You can now configure on-premises data sources for Power Query connections in the Power BI Admin Center, so that workbooks with data models using Power Query connections can be refreshed via scheduled refresh.Ĭurrently, we only support Power Query connections containing SQL Server and/or Oracle databases. Schedule refresh of workbooks with Power Query Connections (SQL and Oracle only)

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The new installation package (version 1.1) can be downloaded from Microsoft Download Center. To support this capability, we have released a new version of the Data Management Gateway. This is the first step towards adding broad support for Power Query across all data sources. We are excited to bring you scheduled refresh for workbooks containing Power Query connections to SQL and Oracle databases. For more details read this article and try the new Power BI today. Update: The Data Refresh experience on Power BI has changed.
