Data sources for Power BI

Is there some documentation on what kind of data sources are supported in Power BI now, and what is the future road map. We have below data sources, which are all on a on premise server/servers.
Excel files
SharePoint lists
SQL Server OLAP Cube
SQL Server database
Text files
SQL Azure
Wondering if PowerBI will be a good option for us or not.

Hi,
The data sources to the model itself are those supported by PowerPivot & Excel. In terms of scheduled refresh, from the list above, SharePoint lists (through Odata feed), SQL Azure, and SQL server are supported with the coming general availability
Guy

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The request took 00:00:00.0000105 seconds.
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The method below represents my best attempt to programatically change the data source of a Crystal Report. The goal is to have a routine that will update the data source for reports after they have been distributed to production servers. So far I have not been successful in saving the report back to the CMS. No exceptions are thrown, but when I view the Database Configuration of the report in the CMC nothing has changed.


Am I missing a step, or is there another way to accomplish this?


Thank you.

<hr />
<pre>
private void test(String reportName)
 throws SDKException, ReportSDKException, java.io.IOException
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 IInfoObject reportObj;
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 ConnectionInfo newConInfo;
 ConnectionInfo oldConInfo;
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</pre>
Edited by: Mark Young on Sep 10, 2009 2:16 PM

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Justin,

Thank you for the reply. Time constraints have not allowed me to post back to this tread
till now. I will try your suggestion. My assumption is that Save the report back to the
info store refers to IInfoStore.commit(IInfoObjects).


I'm afraid that I do not understand why I don't want to change the report client document,
or why successfully exporting the report with the new login/password is not what I
want to do. Any explanation on that statement would be appreciated.


I did find a way to accomplish my goal. It involved adding the SSOKEY property to the
logon property bag. Below you'll see my revised code which modifies the report logon and
server. I have no idea what
this does, and SAP support has not been able to tell me why it works. However, what I
discovered is that if I changed the report option, Database Configuration -> When
viewing report:, in the CMS to Use same database logon as when report
is run from Prompt the user for database logon, then the
SSOKEY property had been added to the logon property bag having an empty string as its
value. This allowed me to successfullyupdate and save the modified logon back to the CMS.


So I took a chance and added code to always add the SSOKEY property with an empty string
as its value, and I could then successfully modify and save the report's logon info
and server. Again, I don't know what this means, but it has worked so far. If anyone has
some insight or comments, either are welcome. Thank you in advance.

 
<hr />
<pre>
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 newConInfo = (ConnectionInfo)oldConInfo.clone(true);
 pBag = newConInfo.getAttributes();
 pBag.putStringValue(
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 logonProps = new PropertyBag();
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 logonProps.putStringValue("SSOKEY", "");
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 pBag.put("QE_LogonProperties", logonProps);
 newConInfo.setUserName(getConfigFile().getUNVConnectionUserName());
 newConInfo.setPassword(getConfigFile().getUNVConnectionPasswordDecrypted());
 dbController.replaceConnection(
 oldConInfo
 , newConInfo
 , connFields
 , connOptions);
 newConInfo = (ConnectionInfo)conInfos.getConnectionInfo(conInfosIndex);
 } // end for on conInfosIndex
 clientDoc.save();
 } // end for on reportIndex
 } // end if on newInfoObjects
 } // end for on queryPageIndex
 } // end try
 catch(ReportSDKServerException Ex)
 // handle...
 catch(Exception Ex)
 // handle...
 finally
 getCms().commitToInfoStore(newInfoObjects);
 if(clientDoc != null)
 clientDoc.close();
</pre>

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Tim

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