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Changing connection type of the project from Direct query to Import

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on 10 Apr 2018 19:39:05

2)Lets support i am working on a Power BI project from last one year using direct query,due to this changing join type won't support using direct query and it will support using import option. if i want to change from connection type from direct query to import then also it wont support.I have to build my whole project one more time by changing the connection string to import.

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Michael Seim on 17 Sep 2024 23:57:50

RE: Changing connection type of the project from Direct query to Import

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Michael Seim on 17 Sep 2024 23:56:51

RE: Changing connection type of the project from Direct query to Import

I'm going to be blasting this same comment in all of these ideas. Idea consolidation is clearly in order. I recommend others who agree to upvote all the listed ideas.This really needs to happen. The issue of being unable to switch from IMPORT-to-DIRECTQUERY is truly a problem. I know it's possible to switch from IMPORT-to-DIRECTQUERY. The lack of IMPORT-to-DIRECTQUERY is a productivity killer. Field renaming. Measure recreation. Calculated column recreation. Visuals coping and pasting. It's an awfully unproductive exercise.I understand there are differences between the two storage modes and that there are some things that might break if one switches from one direction to another. That's fair. But why not just alert the developer? As it is, there's no alert or guidance to make it happen because the entire concept of switching is not possible. Stranger still, what of those situations where there are no confounding problems? Even then it's just not possible.Look at all these tickets saying the same thing as early as 2018!Please, would someone please chart a path forward to finally allow switching from IMPORT-to-DIRECTQUERY as you've previously provided the ability to go from DIRECTQUERY-to-IMPORT?

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Michael Seim on 17 Sep 2024 23:55:42

RE: Changing connection type of the project from Direct query to Import

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Michael Seim on 17 Sep 2024 23:38:27

RE: Changing connection type of the project from Direct query to Import

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Michael Seim on 17 Sep 2024 23:36:50

RE: Changing connection type of the project from Direct query to Import

I'm going to be blasting this same comment in all of these ideas. Idea consolidation is clearly in order.  I recommend others who agree to upvote all the listed ideas.This really needs to happen. The issue of being unable to switch from IMPORT-to-DIRECTQUERY is truly a problem. I know it's possible to switch from IMPORT-to-DIRECTQUERY. The lack of IMPORT-to-DIRECTQUERY is a productivity killer. Field renaming. Measure recreation. Calculated column recreation. Visuals coping and pasting. It's an awfully unproductive exercise. I understand there are differences between the two storage modes and that there are some things that might break if one switches from one direction to another. That's fair. But why not just alert the developer? As it is, there's no alert or guidance to make it happen because the entire concept of switching is not possible. Stranger still, what of those situations where there are no confounding problems? Even then it's just not possible.Look at all these tickets saying the same thing as early as 2018! Please, would someone please chart a path forward to finally allow switching from IMPORT-to-DIRECTQUERY as you've previously provided the ability to go from DIRECTQUERY-to-IMPORT?IDEAS71b6a580-6a4a-4ae0-b30c-055382be84f1a210eee1-6f5d-ec11-a3ef-281878bd2252bbbf8b73-072a-ef11-8ee8-000d3a0dfcaff57712dc-948d-4645-b5b3-4595ad6d2bff092d297b-314a-4055-b9b9-54612da7fa907dd9e8f0-836a-4e1f-90ab-a45e9f789d355d7750ca-02ec-4ecc-80c9-c9002bd994835cff6c7b-4749-ec11-a3ee-281878bd6ffd583aebfa-28e8-ee11-a73d-6045bd7ec416826baedb-37b1-4213-be9f-2119e127c347d4743ce5-2ffa-4645-909e-e57ecbaa3c7f5a31afd5-2fde-ed11-9139-281878e6855da172bf22-6dca-4fa8-9ff1-e63bdace8f2e