On my Windows 10, I downloaded Power BI today in order to pull data from my remote server, which is MySQL.
I go to "get data from other source", choose MySQL, and then get a prompt that "this connector requires one or more additional components to be installed before it can be used"
I installed both the latest NET and ODBC connector for windows, restarted my pc, but still get the same error.
How should I troubleshoot this? Am I supposed to see something running in "services"?
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I have an odd question on connecting Power BI to a DB2 database.
I currently seem to have three similar drivers installed on my computer. If I look in ODBC data source administrator under the drivers tab I can see that they have the following names:
IBM DB2 ODBC DRIVER
IBM DB2 ODBC DRIVER - DB2COPY1
IBM DB2 ODBC DRIVER - IBMDBCL1
The first and third driver have the same version number (10.05.00.420). The second has a different version number (11.01.4041.600).
All three use the same DLL file (DB2CLIO.DLL).
All three seem to be able to connect Power BI to DB2 when used as a DSN, so I'm trying to establish which I should be using.
I want to know if these are different versions of the same driver which have been given different names during installation, or whether they are different drivers. And if they are different drivers, what is the difference?
Any advice would be appreciated please!
From IBM: "The IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI contains the copy name as part of the driver name. The default driver, IBM DB2 ODBC DRIVER, is set to the default IBM database client interface copy. The name of the driver for each installation is "IBM DB2 ODBC DRIVER - Copy Name"."
So if you select the first one, IBM DB2 ODBC DRIVER, ODBC will check with your settings and use the default driver copy on your computer, which will be one of the other 2 drivers. You set the default by using the db2swtch command.
The driver version should be tied to the version of DB2. Check with your DBA or just check with the right SQL for your DB2 platform (Windows, Linux, Z/OS, etc.).
We have been using the Arrango DB for a while. As per the recent requirement, we are developing Dashboards Power BI. As per the instructions in the Power Bi - Arrango DB interaction Guide we have created connectors and are able to access the data. But after certain days(roughly 30 days of usage) when we are receiving the error "(503): Service Unavailable" when trying to connect to the Connector. We tried creating a new connector but after a few days, we have encountered a similar issue.
We are unable to understand the root cause for the issue. For working with dashboards we can create new connectors but it is quite not easy to update the data source in all the dashboards. We are not sure if the issue linked with Powe Bi releases
FYI:: we also have tried re-creating the connector with the same configuration of an issue connector. But still, we get 503 error
Tools:
Arrango DB 3.8.0 Community edition
Power BI Desktop Version: 2.98.1025.0 64-bit (October 2021)
Thanks in advance and please let me know if you need any information from our end.
Recently we are able to find solve this problem. The root cause of the issue is the change in the name of the collections, the code of the connector checks the existence of all the collections defined in the list and if the collection is missing then we get the 503 Service unavailable. So even a small change in the collection name spelling (even the case) might trigger this error.
We have an older version (I think its 9) of informix running on our server that is the backend db for a vendor software. I have an ODBC for it to ms access but now they want to do powerbi stuff. Im finding the odbc is throwing error on certain tables and given that its vendor software, they're less inclined to upgrade the version. Everything I've seen seems to show that Informix doesn't like slaves that aren't informix and cloud isn't an option. Any suggestions for getting this data on a different db other than pulling csv files?
Can someone help me with the error: Failed to save modifications to the server. Error returned: 'The following system error occurred: Class not registered
'.
I am getting this while loading the excel/csv. I tried uninstalling the application quite many times but no luck, I still see the same issue
Can you please share the source from where you downloaded the Power BI?
If you have downloaded from Microsoft windows store, try uninstalling it and then reinstall Power BI with installer instead of Microsoft Store version from the official website.
Download the version of Power BI Desktop that matches the architecture (x86 or x64) of your Windows OS. Run the MSI installer and follow the setup steps.
Microsoft Power BI Desktop is available for 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) platforms.
Thanks!
It could be server to desktop version mismatch. Are you using power-BI report server or cloud service? What is the version of your desktop power-BI?
Are you using any custom connector?
It seems to me the compatibility issue.
The last thing I would request you to check is the size of the file you are trying to publish.
I am using SAS University edition and want to access the data from SQL server on my host machine(Windows 8.1 64 bit) in my SAS code. Virtual Machine(Oracle VM Virtualbox) OS is also Windows 8.1 64 bit. I am getting following error.
ERROR: The product with which the engine ODBC is associated is either not licensed for your system or the product license has
expired. Please contact your SAS installation representative.
SAS UE can only use Access to PC Files. You will not be able to connect to a database.
Either export/import your data manually via text files or try connecting an excel spreadsheet to your database.