Refresh for on-premises sources is here
One of the most awaited and requested feature is now available in Power BI. Starting today, in Power BI you can refresh datasets connecting to your on-premises sources such as SQL Server. You can refresh a dataset that has been created from a Power BI Designer file or an Excel workbook with data imported into the workbook using Power Query or Power Pivot. An Excel workbook with only worksheet data (without data model) cannot be refreshed in Power BI. For these datasets the Power BI Personal Gateway enables automated refreshes against on-premises data sources in your organization, all via a single gateway you can install directly on your desktop machine.
All common data sources are supported:
- SQL Server
- Oracle
- Teradata
- IBM DB2
- PostgreSQL
- Sybase
- MySQL
- SharePoint List (on-premises)
- File (CSV, XML, Text, Excel,...