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Now you can export the information direct from Energy BI Desktop utilizing my instrument, Energy BI Exporter. Learn extra right here.

In a few of my previous posts, that are the preferred ones, I defined methods to Export information Energy BI Desktop or Energy BI Service information to completely different locations like CSV, Excel and SQL Server. On this fast tip I clarify a very simple technique to export the mannequin information as an entire to both CSV or SQL Server with DAX Studio.

Daniil from XXL BI nicely defined this methodology, however I’d reasonably shortly clarify the way it works and add some extra info.

After launch 2.8 of DAX Studio, now you can shortly export the entire mannequin to CSV and SQL Server in a single shot.

Enabling Export All Knowledge in DAX Studio

• Open DAX Studio
• Click on “File”
• Click on “Choices”
• Click on “Superior”
• Tick “Present Export All Knowledge button”

Export Energy BI Mannequin Knowledge to CSV

Export Energy BI Mannequin Knowledge to SQL Server

Comply with the steps defined above, however this time choose “SQL Server” as vacation spot. For the “Connection String” comply with the beneath steps to get it proper right away.

Generate Connection String with a UDL File

• Create a textual content file in your machine, you may merely proper click on in any desired folder then “New” then click on “Textual content Doc”

• Rename the file and swap .txt extension with .udl

• Open the UDL file (double click on)
• From “Suppliers” web page, choose SQL Server OLE DB Supplier for SQL Server then click on Subsequent
• Enter Server Title
• Kind in your SQL Server Person Title and Password
• Tick “Permit saving password”
• Choose the vacation spot database
• Click on “Take a look at Connection” button to ensure the connection works then click on OK

• Now open the UDL file in Notepad

Person Connection String in DAX Studio

Now that we’ve generated the connection it’s time to use it in DAX Studio.

• Open the UDL file in Notepad
• Copy the connection string ranging from after the “Supplier” part
• Paste it in DAX Studio in “Connection String” field
• Enter a schema title (it’s dbo in my case)

Concerns

• When connecting to a Premium workspace it’s possible you’ll face export failure attributable to question timeout
• When exporting information to SQL Server
  • in the event you go away the “Schema Title” clean you’ll get an error that vacant schema will not be allowed
  • in the event you enter an current schema title the information will likely be exported to tables with very same title as they’ve in your mannequin
  • in the event you enter a brand new schema title then DAX Studio creates a brand new schema then generate the tables in that schema then exports the information
  • whether or not you tick the “Truncate Tables” or not the present information will likely be synchronised with the supply information in Energy BI. (it doesn’t append information)
• As you in all probability guessed, this methodology additionally works completely for exporting SSAS Tabular mannequin and Azure Evaluation Providers information