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In something of a completely unexpected but very happy twist of events, the PowerBI team has decided to include an update to the native PostgreSQL connector which allows for (Beta) DirectQuery support. More info here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-august-2019-feature-summary/#postgresql PostgreSQL native integration update As a result, I have committed some of my latest changes and published my first “dev” release here: https://github.com/sgoley/DirectQuery-for-ODBC-in-PowerBI/releases/tag/v0.1-beta However, as a result of this news, I’ll most likely ceasing updating the project in general until I get further updates around the features that will be supported in PowerBI’s native connector. [Read More]

In the interest of sharing some of the more eccentric cases of R, PowerBI, and many more of my frequently used platforms, I’d like to take an opportunity to share something of an official launch of my own personal content resource. For the sake of convenience, you should be able to reach my articles, portfolio (in development), and more through a variety of links all pointing to the same place: [Read More]

Table of Contents TLDR ODBC DSN Installing and Managing a Personal vs. Enterprise Gateway Direct Query / Custom Connector settings for Custom Connectors PowerShell Module Service Setup TLDR This is to establish how to take the connector that you setup in my previous post: DirectQuery Postgres How-To And utilize that service to run on an enterprise gateway. I will be repeating a few steps from that post because I want this to be it’s own “standalone” guide. [Read More]

Table of Contents TLDR Postgres DSN Custom Connector for ODBC DirectQuery Enterprise Gateway ** Safety Briefing, this being a PowerBI custom connector, this is entirely focused on a Windows centric walkthrough as I’m not currently working with either a Linux or Mac OS environment. Not discriminating, just not available to me at this time. ** TLDR I was recently put in the situation of finding a way to reduce refresh time on a PowerBi embedded instance. [Read More]

Table of Contents TLDR Use Case Microsoft Flow Powerapps Powerapps Embedded Visual Alignment Outcomes TLDR Made a microsoft flow to trigger powerbi dataset refresh. Embedded a powerapp into powerbi report that contains trigger / button for said flow. Refresh button for powerbi dataset underlying report? Read more to find out! Use Case I originally started out looking for ways to cause a powerbi dataset refresh from a report. [Read More]

This is my first post, how exciting!