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Azure Table Storage

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Summary

Item Description
Release State General Availability
Products Excel
Power BI (Semantic models)
Power BI (Dataflows)
Fabric (Dataflow Gen2)
Power Apps (Dataflows)
Customer Insights (Dataflows)
Analysis Services
Authentication Types Supported Account Key
Function Reference Documentation AzureStorage.Table

Capabilities Supported

  • Import

Connect to Azure Table Storage from Power Query Desktop

Power Query Desktop includes Excel, Power BI (semantic models), and Analysis Services as experiences.

To make the connection to Azure Table Storage, follow these steps:

  1. From Get Data, select the Azure category, select Azure Table Storage, and then select Connect. More information: Where to get data

    Screenshot of the Get Data dialog, showing the Azure Table Storage database selection.

  2. In the Azure Table Storage window that appears, enter the name or the URL of the storage account where your table is located. Don't add the name of the table to the URL.

    Screenshot of the Azure Table Storage dialog, showing full storage url added.

    Screenshot of the Azure Table Storage dialog, showing only the storage name added.

  3. Select OK.

  4. Add the Azure table storage account key and select Connect.

    Screenshot of the Azure Table Storage dialog, showing an account key entered in the space.

  5. In Navigator, select one or multiple tables to import and use in your application. Then select either Load to load the table, or Transform Data to open the Power Query Editor where you can filter and refine the set of data you want to use, and then load that refined set of data.

    Screenshot of the Azure Table Storage navigator, showing one of two tables selected.

Connect to Azure Table Storage from Power Query Online

Power Query Online includes Power BI (Dataflows), Power Apps (Dataflows), and Customer Insights (Dataflows) as experiences.

To make the connection, take the following steps:

  1. Select the Azure Table Storage option in the connector selection. More information: Where to get data

  2. In the Azure Table Storage dialog that appears, enter the name or URL of the Azure Storage account where the table is housed. Don't add the name of the table to the URL.

    Screenshot of the Azure Table Storage window in Power Query online.

  3. Add your Azure table storage account key, and then select Next.

  4. Select one or multiple tables to import and use, then select Transform Data to transform data in the Power Query editor.

    Screenshot of the Azure Table Storage choose data window in Power Query online.

Copy your account key for Azure Table Storage

Your Azure Table Storage account key is the same as your Azure Blob storage account key. To retrieve your Azure Table Storage account key to use while authenticating your account in Power Query, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

  2. Locate your Azure Blob Storage account where your table is housed.

  3. In the storage account menu pane, under Security + networking, select Access keys.

    Screenshot of the example storage account in Azure, with Security + networking and Access keys emphasized.

  4. In the key1 section, locate the Key value. Select Show next to the key value.

  5. Select the Copy to clipboard icon to copy the Key value.

    Screenshot of the Access keys page, with the Key under key1 shown, and the Copy to clipboard icon emphasized.

Limitations

The following limitations apply to the Power Query Azure Table Storage connector.

Power Query Online and Azure Storage are in the same region

Direct access to an Azure Storage account with the firewall enabled and in the same region as Power Query Online isn't supported. This limitation arises because Power Query services, when deployed in the same region as the Azure storage account, use private Azure IP addresses for communication. For further details, refer to the Azure documentation on storage network security.

To work around this limitation and enable access to Azure Storage from Power Query Online in the same region, use one of the following methods: