Add support for custom data connectors (Power Query M extensions)
Custom Data Connectors mechanism is being developed by Power BI Desktop team:
- https://github.com/Microsoft/DataConnectors
- https://github.com/Microsoft/DataConnectors/blob/master/docs/m-extensions.md
Excel's Get & Transform engine (Power Query) should have support for .mez/.pqx extensions too.
Vitaly Potyarkin
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10 comments
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Anonymous
commented
absolutely needed
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Sarah P
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Great feature to add!
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Anonymous
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Please, we absolutely need it!!
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Jerry Norbury commented
Agreed - super handy.
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Anonymous
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This would be very helpful, please implement. Or at least put it on the roadmap.
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Didi Kunz
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As I understand the video (around 51:30) they only say, that they have the same technology (Power Query) in Excel also. When they talk about custom connectors only Power BI is mentioned.
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Anonymous
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Interestingly, in this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wjHBNfWteg) from the Power BI Team in June 2019, Microsoft said this is already available in Excel desktop (around 51:30). Although this GitHub issue (https://github.com/microsoft/DataConnectors/issues/82) from a month earlier Curt Hagenlocher said that the Excel team has no immediate plans to support it.
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Anonymous
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Just thinking about the possibilities gets me fired up. Please, oh, please!!!
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Rui Ferreira
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Is the feature in excel's roadmap ? That would be a great plus....
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Vitaly Potyarkin
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Custom connectors have reached "General Availability" status in PowerBI: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-general-availability-of-custom-and-certified-connectors-for-power-bi/