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Support DirectQuery for DocumentDB / CosmosDB in PowerBI Embedded

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on 07 Jun 2017 17:23:30

Currently PowerBI only supports import mode for DocumentDB / CosmosDB. Would be great to support DirectQuery mode or have another possible to update reports - e.g. by schedule.

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Rod Milmed on 05 Jul 2020 23:51:02

RE: Support DirectQuery for DocumentDB / CosmosDB in PowerBI Embedded

This is a key feature to support analysis of streams!

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Power BI Ideas Admin on 05 Jul 2020 23:27:06

RE: Support DirectQuery for DocumentDB / CosmosDB in PowerBI Embedded

Yet another scenario which seems to be unsupported by Microsoft?

The question is why?
Is CosmosDB a flagman solution in Azure for distributed data storage and retrieval? So much buzz so little support in Power BI

In addition, it would be great to:
1. refresh dataset of CosmosDB in app.powerbi.com without a need to open a report in Power BI Desktop

2. Delta data import--now you either import everything or nothing.


Without this Power BI and Cosmos DB have nothing to do in common.

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Prateek Raina on 05 Jul 2020 23:23:44

RE: Support DirectQuery for DocumentDB / CosmosDB in PowerBI Embedded

Any update on this??

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Prateek Raina on 05 Jul 2020 23:22:16

RE: Support DirectQuery for DocumentDB / CosmosDB in PowerBI Embedded

Please add this feature

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:42

RE: Support DirectQuery for DocumentDB / CosmosDB in PowerBI Embedded

This would be so helpful!

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:54:28

RE: Support DirectQuery for DocumentDB / CosmosDB in PowerBI Embedded

100% agree with this. Our DocDB is massive. Fetching the entire content into PowerBI is not a reasonable proposition.