I’ve written 3 blogposts about question parameters previously.

• Energy BI Desktop Question Parameters, Half 1, Introduction
• Energy BI Desktop Question Parameters, Part2, Dynamic Knowledge Masking and Question Parameters
• Energy BI Desktop Question Parameters, Half 3, Record Output

That is the fourth one within the type of Fast Ideas. Right here is the state of affairs. One among my prospects had a requirement to get information from a Saved Process from SQL Server. She required to cross the values from a Question Parameter again to SQL Server and get the leads to Energy BI.

The answer is considerably simple. I created a easy saved process in AdventureWorksDW2019 as beneath:

CREATE PROCEDURE SP_Sales_by_Date 
	@date int
AS
BEGIN
	SET NOCOUNT ON;
	SELECT *
	FROM [dbo].[FactInternetSales]
	WHERE OrderDateKey >= @date
END
GO

In Energy BI Desktop, get information from SQL Server, then:

• Enter Server identify
• Enter Database identify
• Choose Knowledge Connectivity Mode
• Increase the Superior choices
• Sort in a SQL assertion to name the saved process like beneath:

exec SP_Sales_by_Date @date = 20140101

• Click on OK

• Click on Rework Knowledge

Now we have to create a Question Parameter. In my pattern I create a DateKey in Decimal Quantity information sort:

At this level it’s a must to modify the Energy Question expression both from the System Bar or from Superior Editor. We truncate the T-SQL assertion after the @date, then we concatenate the Question string with the Question Parameter identify. If the Question Parameter information sort isn’t Textual content then now we have to transform it to Textual content. In my pattern, the information sort is Quantity, subsequently I exploit Textual content.From() operate.

Here’s a screenshot of the Energy Question expression earlier than altering the code:

The Energy Question expression is:

Sql.Database(".sql2019", "AdventureWorksDW2019", [Query="exec SP_Sales_by_Date @date = 20140101"])

• Change the code as beneath:

Sql.Database(".sql2019", "AdventureWorksDW2019", [Query="exec SP_Sales_by_Date @date " & Text.From(DateKey)])

• Click on Edit Permission

• Click on Run

• That’s it. Right here is the outcomes:

We are able to use this technique to parameterise every other T-SQL statements in Energy BI with Question Parameters.

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