From the course: Power BI Dataflows Essential Training
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Connecting to dataflows
From the course: Power BI Dataflows Essential Training
Connecting to dataflows
- [Instructor] After creating the ETL framework for the query entities within the Power BI data flows, you now want to make this data available for others to use in their own Power BI dashboards. To create dashboards from Power BI data flows, you really have to load the data twice. First when you connect to the data flow, and second when you actually load the data to the view where you develop your Power BI dashboards. We set up a Power BI data flow containing the Microsoft Stock Prices we obtained using an API query. We now want to set up a Power BI data flow connection in Power BI desktop that points to this specific query. In a new Power BI desktop file, we select get data, select the power platform menu, and we can select Power BI data flows from this menu. You need to make sure first that you're signed in. You can then connect once you're signed in. When we select our Power BI data flows, we see a series of folders…
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