Using Legacy Data Sources in Tabular 1400

The modern Get Data experience in Tabular 1400 brings interesting new data discovery and transformation capabilities to Analysis Services. However, not every BI professional is equally excited. Especially those who prefer to build their models exclusively on top of SQL Server databases or data warehouses and appreciate the steadiness of tried and proven T-SQL queries over fast SQL OLE DB provider connections might not see a need for mashups. If you belong to this group of BI professionals, there is good news: Tabular 1400 fully supports provider data sources and native query partitions. The modern Get Data experience is optional.

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