Pull published assets into Power BI Desktop
- You have until August 12, 2026 to migrate your workbooks from the legacy Report Builder to the new Report Builder. See convert your legacy workbooks for detailed information.
- With the end of life of the Adobe Analytics 1.4 API’s, the legacy Report Builder add-in will no longer be available for download.
- After August 12, 2026, customers with workbooks requiring migration will need to contact customer support to obtain the orignial workbooks. These workbooks will need to be migrated as documented in convert your legacy workbooks.
Explains how to pull Report Builder-published assets into Power BI Desktop
Prerequisites section_BDFDAE1E300B429FB6EBCB21AD1383A0
- You need to have the latest Power BI Desktop version installed (April 2017 release)
- This process assumes that you have already published Report Builder formatted tables or requests to the Power BI Service.
Process section_CB03E6E1B066457EA0F6FC08FFF5EFDD
In the April 2017 update of Power BI Desktop, Microsoft released the ability to connect to datasets in the Power BI service. This feature allows you to create new reports off existing datasets you’ve already published to the cloud. You can leverage this feature to better collaborate and reduce duplicate efforts across your team.
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In Power BI Desktop, go to File > Options and settings > Options > Preview features.
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Enable Power BI Service Live Connection and click OK.
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Restart Power BI Desktop.
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Once you have restarted the desktop, go to Home > Get Data > More….
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Search for and select Power BI service.
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Under Microsoft Power BI service > My Workspace, select the dataset that you had previously published from Report Builder.
For more information, see Microsoft blog post.