Live connections to Analysis Services models

For on-premises SSAS models that Power BI users will access via Live connections, an SSAS data source must be added in the Manage gateways portal. Critically, the credentials entered for this data source in the Manage gateways portal must match an account that has server administrator permissions for the SSAS instance. The following image, from SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), exposes the server administrator accounts for the ATLAS instance of SSAS Tabular:

Analysis Services Server administrators

Both SSAS and Azure Analysis Services instances can be accessed via SSMS. Additionally, the Analysis ...

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