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How to do it...

Open a new Power BI Desktop file and click on Get Data.
From the Database category, select the SQL Server Analysis Services database. Click on Connect.

The SSAS data source used both Azure Analysis Services and on-premises analysis services

Enter or paste the server name and the database (name of the model).

Azure SSAS data source configuration in Power BI Desktop

Connect live is the default option and this should represent the vast majority if not all connections as data has already been imported to (or connected from, ...

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