Skip to main content

Power BI

Needs Votes

sftp

Vote (567) Share
DavidK's profile image

DavidK on 12 Dec 2015 05:52:41

We have an saas based electronic billing application used by over 800 companies. We place report data files out on SFTP sites for each client. Is it possible to access data files on SFTP sites from Power BI?

Comments (65)
DavidK's profile image Profile Picture

Dan Thorne on 17 Feb 2023 00:38:58

RE: sftp

Can you please add this as a product enhancement?

DavidK's profile image Profile Picture

Julie Melville on 21 Nov 2022 21:11:24

RE: sftp

From a security standpoint, SFTP is very desirable and uses an existing security model that is approved by our governmental organization.

DavidK's profile image Profile Picture

ISHAQ NAWAB on 13 Oct 2022 06:08:19

RE: sftp

It will be very useful.

DavidK's profile image Profile Picture

Bryon Brown on 07 Sep 2022 18:56:54

RE: sftp

Adding this connection is an acknowledgment that there are existing data-sharing workstreams that PBI needs to connect to. FTP has been a standard method of sharing data for quite some time and this should be a priority in Microsoft's roadmap!

DavidK's profile image Profile Picture

Jon Corsetti on 06 Sep 2022 18:15:45

RE: sftp

Really could use this.

DavidK's profile image Profile Picture

Bobby Efthymiou on 12 Aug 2022 16:47:45

RE: sftp

This should have been one of the first data source types to be an option in Power Query!!! Come on... Data Connections 101

DavidK's profile image Profile Picture

Alexander Kryuchkov on 03 Aug 2022 13:47:54

RE: sftp

Please add this feature! Begging you

DavidK's profile image Profile Picture

Justin Bates on 28 Jun 2022 19:24:26

RE: sftp

Must have feature!

DavidK's profile image Profile Picture

Henrik Waeltken on 22 Jun 2022 16:42:20

RE: sftp

SFTP connectivity would be extremely helpful as our HRIS and related systems can be trained to drop routine reports into system adjacent SFTP locations. Please add this connector!

DavidK's profile image Profile Picture

Andrew H on 24 Mar 2022 09:49:06

RE: sftp

Data sharing between large organisations (that are often bound by maintaining older systems) is often achieved via SFTP, so I believe this functionality will become invaluable as time passes and more of these larger organisations start using PowerBI. This is especially relevant when using PowerBI Gateway - the ability for the gateway to reach out to multiple places and retrieve data from an external party (since the gateway is sitting externally anyway) would be invaluable.Please consider this functionality before it gets to 1000's of votes!From a user perspective, this could simply be the same as 'Open File' connector, except with sftp:// being allowed as a source path!