Power BI data sources

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The following table shows the data sources that Power BI supports for datasets, including information about DirectQuery and the on-premises data gateway. For information about dataflows, see Connect to data sources for Power BI dataflows.

Data source Connect from Desktop Connect and refresh from service DirectQuery / Live connection Gateway (supported) Gateway (required) Power BI Dataflows
Access database Yes Yes No Yes 1 Yes Yes
ActiveDirectory Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Adobe Analytics Yes Yes No No No No
Amazon Redshift Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
appFigures Yes Yes No No No No
AtScale cubes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Azure Analysis Services Yes Yes Yes No No No
Azure Blob Storage Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Azure Cosmos DB Yes Yes No No No No
Azure Cost Management Yes Yes No No No No
Azure Data Explorer (kusto) Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1 Yes Yes No No No No
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Azure DevOps Yes Yes No No No No
Azure DevOps Server Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Azure HDInsight (HDFS) Yes Yes No No No No
Azure HDInsight Spark Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Azure SQL Database Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Azure SQL Data Warehouse Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Azure Table Storage Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
BI Connector Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
BI360 - Budgeting & Financial Reporting Yes Yes No No No No
Common Data Service Yes Yes No No No Yes
Data.World - Get Dataset Yes Yes No No No No
Denodo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Dremio Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Dynamics 365 (online) Yes Yes No No No No
Dynamics 365 Business Central Yes Yes No No No No
Dynamics 365 Business Central (on-premises) Yes Yes No No No No
Dynamics 365 Customer Insights Yes Yes No No No No
Dynamics NAV Yes Yes No No No No
Emigo Data Source Yes Yes No No No No
Entersoft Business Suite Yes Yes No No No No
Essbase Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Exasol Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Excel Yes 3 Yes 3 No Yes 3 No 4 Yes
Facebook Yes Yes No No No No
File Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Folder Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
GitHub Yes Yes No No No No
Google Analytics Yes Yes No No No No
Google BigQuery Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Hadoop File (HDFS) Yes No No No No No
Hive LLAP Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
HDInsight Interactive Query Yes Yes Yes No No No
IBM DB2 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
IBM Informix Database Yes Yes No Yes No No
IBM Netezza Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Impala Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Indexima Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Industrial App Store Yes Yes No No No No
Information Grid Yes Yes No No No No
Intersystems IRIS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Intune Data Warehouse Yes Yes No No No No
Jethro ODBC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
JSON Yes Yes No Yes** No 4 Yes
Kyligence Enterprise Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
MailChimp Yes Yes No No No No
Marketo Yes Yes No No No No
MarkLogic ODBC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Microsoft Azure Consumption Insights Yes Yes No No No No
Microsoft Exchange Yes Yes No Yes No No
Microsoft Exchange Online Yes Yes No No No Yes
Microsoft Graph Security Yes Yes No Yes No No
Mixpanel Yes Yes No No No No
MySQL Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
OData Yes Yes 7 No Yes No Yes
ODBC Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
OleDb Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Oracle Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Paxata 8 Yes Yes No Yes No No
PDF Yes Yes No Yes No 4 Yes
Planview Enterprise One - CTM Yes Yes No No No No
Planview Enterprise One - PRM Yes Yes No No No No
Planview Projectplace Yes Yes No No No No
PostgreSQL Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Power BI dataflows Yes Yes No No No Yes
Power BI datasets Yes Yes Yes No No No
Power platform dataflows Yes Yes No No No Yes
Python script Yes Yes 5 No Yes 5 Yes No
QubolePresto Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Quick Base Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
QuickBooks Online Yes Yes No No No No
R script Yes Yes 5 No Yes 5 No No
Roamler Yes Yes No Yes No No
Salesforce Objects Yes Yes No No No Yes
Salesforce Reports Yes Yes No No No Yes
SAP Business Warehouse Message Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SAP Business Warehouse Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SAP HANA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SharePoint Folder Yes Yes No Yes No 4 Yes
SharePoint List Yes Yes No Yes No 4 Yes
SharePoint Online List Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Smartsheet Yes Yes No No No Yes
Snowflake Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Spark Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
SparkPost Yes Yes No No No No
SQL Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SQL Server Analysis Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Stripe Yes Yes No No No No
SurveyMonkey Yes Yes No Yes No No
SweetIQ Yes Yes No No No No
Sybase Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
TeamDesk Yes Yes No Yes No No
Tenforce Yes Yes No No No No
Teradata Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Text/CSV Yes Yes No Yes No 4 Yes
Twilio Yes Yes No No No No
tyGraph Yes Yes No No No No
Vertica Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Web Yes Yes No Yes Yes 6 Yes
Webtrends Yes Yes No No No No
Workforce Dimensions Yes Yes No Yes No No
XML Yes Yes No Yes No 4 Yes
Zendesk Yes Yes No No No No

1 Supported with the ACE OLEDB provider, installed on the same machine as the gateway.

3 Excel 1997-2003 files (.xls) require the ACE OLEDB provider.

4 Required for the on-premises version of the technology.

5 Supported only with the personal gateway.

6 Required for .html, .xls, and Access Databases

7 Power BI service doesn't support generic OAuth2.

8 Paxata is supported in the version of Power BI Desktop optimized for Power BI Report Server. It isn't supported in Power BI reports published to Power BI Report Server. See Power BI report data sources in Power BI Report Server for the list of supported data sources.

Considerations and limitations

  • Many data connectors for Power BI Desktop require Internet Explorer 10 (or newer) for authentication.
  • Some data sources are available in Power BI Desktop optimized for Power BI Report Server, but aren't supported when published to Power BI Report Server. See Power BI report data sources in Power BI Report Server for the list of supported data sources.

Single sign-on (SSO) for DirectQuery sources

When the SSO option is enabled and your users access reports built atop the data source, Power BI sends their authenticated Azure AD credentials in the queries to the underlying data source. This enables Power BI to respect the security settings that are configured at the data source level. The SSO option takes effect across all datasets that use this data source. It does not affect the authentication method used for import scenarios. The following data sources support SSO for connections through DirectQuery:

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure SQL Data Warehouse
  • Impala
  • SAP HANA
  • SAP BW
  • SAP BW Message Server
  • Snowflake
  • Spark
  • SQL Server
  • Teradata

Next steps

Connect to data in Power BI Desktop
Using DirectQuery in Power BI
SQL Server Analysis Services live data in Power BI
What is an on-premises data gateway?
Power BI report data sources in Power BI Report Server