{"id":10446,"date":"2020-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/threecloud.wpengine.com\/post\/using-power-query-builder-to-connect-d365-and-cds-data-to-power-bi\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T14:38:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T19:38:36","slug":"using-power-query-builder-to-connect-d365-and-cds-data-to-power-bi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/resources\/using-power-query-builder-to-connect-d365-and-cds-data-to-power-bi\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Power Query Builder to Connect D365 and CDS Data To Power BI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Do you want to learn how to connect Dynamics 365 and other Common Data Services to Power BI?<\/strong> In a recent webinar with consultant Sharon Woloshin, you\u2019ll l<strong>earn quick and easy steps for connecting Dynamics 365 data and any other Common Data Services (CDS) data to Power BI for the development of custom reporting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The webinar begins with an easy way to make a great report connection from Dynamics 365 or CDS into Power BI in minutes. Then the presentation takes a deeper dive into why you should use a tool called <strong>Power Query Builder<\/strong> and how to get the XRM Toolbox which is where you\u2019ll find Power Query Builder.<\/p>\n<p>From here, Sharon will jump into <strong>creating the connection into your data, as well as creating Service URL and data queries<\/strong>. She\u2019ll go over the <strong>three ways to connect Power BI to D365 and CDS, plus a fourth connection method that is currently in preview.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The presentation will wrap up with some best practices<\/strong> such as starting with the end in mind and working on your M skills so you can edit in the Advanced Editor.<\/p>\n<p>This is a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">demo-heavy presentation<\/span>, so you\u2019ll want to watch the complete webinar below if you\u2019re interested in learning about Power Query Builder and connecting D365 and CDS data to Power BI.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hQzkQTBbobE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Need further help? Our expert team and solution offerings can help your business with any Azure product or service, including Managed Services offerings. Contact us at 888-8AZURE or\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:sales@3cloudsolutions.com\">sales@3cloudsolutions.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to learn how to connect Dynamics 365 and other Common Data Services&mldr;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":10776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[260],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-data-ai","topics-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}