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Anonymous
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6 years ago
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Cannot connect to MySQL database

Hi, I'm having a problem connecting Power BI to a MySQL DB. I'm connecting to localhost and then select the database 'monitore_perfileducacion'. I don't know why but this error comes up when it appea...
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    v-yuta-msft
    6 years ago

    Anonymous ,

     

    This error message means your root name or password is incorrect. Please check them again in mysql database.

     

    Regards,

    Jimmy Tao

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v-yuta-msft
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6 years ago

Anonymous ,

 

This error message means your root name or password is incorrect. Please check them again in mysql database.

 

Regards,

Jimmy Tao

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Vickyli
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2 years ago

Hi Jimmy,

I had the same issue. I'm pretty sure the username and password is correct (I can log in into workbench with same credentials)I also tried clear permission and reconnect again, still doesn't work. Do you have other suggestions?

 

 

Thanks,

Vicky