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.

Note

There are many data connectors for Power BI Desktop that require Internet Explorer 10 (or newer) for authentication.

Data source Connect from Desktop Connect and refresh from service DirectQuery / Live connection Gateway (supported) Gateway (required)
Access database Yes Yes No Yes 1 Yes
ActiveDirectory Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Adobe Analytics Yes Yes No No No
Amazon Redshift Yes Yes Yes Yes No
appFigures Yes Yes No No No
AtScale cubes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Azure Analysis Services Yes Yes Yes No No
Azure Blob Storage Yes Yes No Yes No
Azure Cosmos DB Yes Yes No No No
Azure Cost Management Yes Yes No No No
Azure Data Explorer (kusto) Yes Yes Yes No No
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1 Yes Yes No No No
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Yes Yes No Yes No
Azure DevOps Yes Yes No No No
Azure DevOps Server Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Azure HDInsight (HDFS) Yes Yes No No No
Azure HDInsight Spark Yes Yes Yes No No
Azure SQL Database Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 No
Azure SQL Data Warehouse Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 No
Azure Table Storage Yes Yes No Yes No
BI Connector Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
BI360 - Budgeting & Financial Reporting Yes Yes No No No
Common Data Service Yes Yes No No No
Data.World - Get Dataset Yes Yes No No No
Denodo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dremio Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dynamics 365 (online) Yes Yes No No No
Dynamics 365 Business Central Yes Yes No No No
Dynamics 365 Business Central (on-premises) Yes Yes No No No
Dynamics 365 Customer Insights Yes Yes No No No
Dynamics NAV Yes Yes No No No
Emigo Data Source Yes Yes No No No
Entersoft Business Suite Yes Yes No No No
Essbase Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Exasol Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Excel Yes 3 Yes 3 No Yes 3 No 4
Facebook Yes Yes No No No
File Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Folder Yes Yes No Yes Yes
GitHub Yes Yes No No No
Google Analytics Yes Yes No No No
Google BigQuery Yes Yes Yes No No
Hadoop File (HDFS) Yes No No No No
HDInsight Interactive Query Yes Yes Yes No No
IBM DB2 Yes Yes Yes Yes No
IBM Informix Database Yes Yes No Yes No
IBM Netezza Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Impala Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Indexima Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Industrial App Store Yes Yes No No No
Information Grid Yes Yes No No No
Intersystems IRIS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Intune Data Warehouse Yes Yes No No No
Jethro ODBC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
JSON Yes Yes No Yes** No 4
Kyligence Enterprise Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MailChimp Yes Yes No No No
Marketo Yes Yes No No No
MarkLogic ODBC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Azure Consumption Insights Yes Yes No No No
Microsoft Exchange Yes Yes No Yes No
Microsoft Exchange Online Yes Yes No No No
Microsoft Graph Security Yes Yes No Yes No
Mixpanel Yes Yes No No No
MySQL Yes Yes No Yes Yes
OData Yes Yes 7 No Yes No
ODBC Yes Yes No Yes Yes
OleDb Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Oracle Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Paxata Yes Yes No Yes No
PDF Yes Yes No Yes No 4
Planview Enterprise One - CTM Yes Yes No No No
Planview Enterprise One - PRM Yes Yes No No No
Planview Projectplace Yes Yes No No No
PostgreSQL Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Power BI dataflows Yes Yes No No No
Power BI datasets Yes Yes Yes No No
Power platform dataflows Yes Yes No No No
Python script Yes Yes 5 No Yes 5 Yes
QubolePresto Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Quick Base Yes Yes No Yes Yes
QuickBooks Online Yes Yes No No No
R script Yes Yes 5 No Yes 5 No
Roamler Yes Yes No Yes No
Salesforce Objects Yes Yes No No No
Salesforce Reports Yes Yes No No No
SAP Business Warehouse Message Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SAP Business Warehouse Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SAP HANA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SharePoint Folder Yes Yes No Yes No 4
SharePoint List Yes Yes No Yes No 4
SharePoint Online List Yes Yes No Yes 2 No
Smartsheet Yes Yes No No No
Snowflake Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Spark Yes Yes Yes Yes No
SparkPost Yes Yes No No No
SQL Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SQL Server Analysis Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Stripe Yes Yes No No No
SurveyMonkey Yes Yes No Yes No
SweetIQ Yes Yes No No No
Sybase Yes Yes No Yes Yes
TeamDesk Yes Yes No Yes No
Tenforce Yes Yes No No No
Teradata Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Text/CSV Yes Yes No Yes No 4
Twilio Yes Yes No No No
tyGraph Yes Yes No No No
Vertica Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Web Yes Yes No Yes Yes 6
Webtrends Yes Yes No No No
Workforce Dimensions Yes Yes No Yes No
XML Yes Yes No Yes No 4
Zendesk Yes Yes No No No

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

2 Supported with the same M function as the on-premises version, causing restricted Auth options (gateway doesn't support OAuth).

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 OData feeds that require authentication.

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

Note

Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is not supported. Users who want to use SSO with DirectQuery must be exempted from MFA.

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?