Streaming data using Microsoft Flow and Power BI
Sassenheim, 6 June 2019In the PowerBI service you can define a streaming dataset. With this dataset you can show real time data on a dashboard and create reports based on this real time dataset. But how can you use this if you don't have a streaming datasource? The easy answer is to create one. But then, how do you get data from a static database to stream to this PowerBI dataset? This is where Microsoft Flow comes into play! In a few easy steps you are able bring this static data to life, also known as 'data in rest to data in motion'.Before going into Flow you first need to define a streaming dataset in the Power BI service. View the first few minutes of this Guy in a Cube video on how to do this.Microsoft flow allows you to connect to several source and exchange data between them. It all start with a trigger (something happens), normally an event...