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Importing and manipulating data may put your systems under load and could cause them to become inoperative. Therefore, backup all data before following any of the instructions in this Guide. TMA Comms Pty Ltd is not responsible for any loss of data.
Before You Start: Direct Connection to Data Bridge or Connect via your own database
Before connecting the Power BI template directly to the Data Bridge database, you may prefer to first connect your own database to the Data Bridge database and then connect the Power BI template to your own database.
This approach has a number of advantages:
Data retention for Data Bridge is 6 months. If you first import the data into your own database, your control how long the data is retained
Once in your own database, connecting other data sources will be easier rather than mapping connectors within Power BI
Syncing of data is all in the background between the two databases, leaving your Power BI only having to sync to your database.
Prerequisites
Before deploying the Power BI template, users will require:
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