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Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

pranim — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:54:36 GMT

I am trying to connect to My sql from Power BI desktop and i am getting the pop window to download My sql tool. should i download them on my computer? I have the images of the pop ups saved but i am not able to attach them here, any easy way to do it?

Thanks in advance

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 08:07:38 GMT

pranim,

Before you can connect to a MySQL database, you need to install MySQL Connector/Net 6.6.5 for Microsoft Windows on your computer. Select the driver that matches your Power BI Desktop installation (32-bit or 64-bit).

After installing the MySQL connector, refer to this blog to connect to MySQL in Power BI Desktop.

If the connection still fails in Power BI Desktop, please check that if you are able to connect to the MySQL database in MySQL workbench, ensure that MySQL workbench is installed in the same machine as Power BI Desktop.

Regards,

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

sheidmirj — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:52:38 GMT

Anonymous I Cannot find any MY SQL conector/net for x64 version of power BI. I would be very pleased if you could help me find it

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

mmorley — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:09:01 GMT

connectors can be found here

odbc

https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/

net

https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/8.0.html

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

dlopez — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 19:42:39 GMT

Today, current version is 8.0.18. It can be downloaded from https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/Connector-Net/mysql-connector-net-8.0.18.msi

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

elflakoconk — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 02:05:17 GMT

Is it possible to connect from an other computer, different where the MySQL db is installed?

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

rico1648 — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 05:22:18 GMT

Once I upgraded to mysql-connector-net-8.0.18, it will throw "MySQL: Unable to connect to any of the specified MySQL hosts." error. When I use the latest version 8.0.27, it will throw ""An error happened while reading data from the provider: 'Connection option 'server' is duplicated" error message.

My database version remain unchanged at 5.1.73 - but now with the connector upgrade, I am no longer able to connect. The previous version 6.6.5 no longer works 😞 Any ideas?

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

MarcusR1 — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 14:48:20 GMT

Hi,
I've installed the MySQL Connector from Oracle, but when I click Get Data and select MySQL I get this:

I've tried restarting PowerBI but to no avail, do I need to reboot my PC?

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

nishantscuderia — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:09:54 GMT

MarcusR1

I am having exactly the same issue. I have installed the connector but having the same issue.

Did you had any luck?

Nishant

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

MarcusR1 — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:26:48 GMT

Hi nishantscuderia

I installed 8.0.16 connector and then used a MariaDB connection in PowerBI, that worked.

Let me know if this helps - it seems strange that nobody from Oracle/Microsoft has a solution!
thanks

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

nishantscuderia — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:34:55 GMT

So you saying that 8.0.16 works but 8.0.29 (latest one) doesn't?

That is weird. Surprised, MS doesn't have this in their documentation

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

MarcusR1 — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:10:06 GMT

Yes that's correct. I worked backwards trying several older versions and 8.0.16 was the 'newest' that worked.

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 20:23:28 GMT

In this day and age I'm more surprised when MS does have anything correct in their documentation.

Thanks MarcusR1. Really helped pinpoint the issue I was having. 8.0.32 doesn't seem to get recognized by Power BI either.

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

vincent_nox — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:25:32 GMT

What if I already have installed some 8.x version ?

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

Syndicate_Admin — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 11:37:51 GMT

pls i have the same issues, i have downloaded the connector, but it keeps poping up the same error of me needing to download my sql connector.

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

mrlutton — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:01:24 GMT

Ridiculous that this issue persists. I could only get MySQL to connect to Power BI by going WAY back in the connector archive to version 8.0.26. Why is this an ongoing problem/issue and why aren't these common DB connectors installed WITH Power BI in the first place?

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

Arinze_data — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:27:49 GMT

Hi Marcus,

Install version 8.02 and restart your system.

It will work perfectly fine

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

mrlutton — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 16:30:04 GMT

And even that version did not work. Tried mariaDB method as well; nothing works with MySQL - it just will not connect.

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

Pbidev342 — Sun, 12 May 2024 12:22:00 GMT

Check out this video guide on drivers https://youtu.be/EL3DdMVAUnQ?si=ie7O3RiB0nrIap0B

Re: Trying to connect to MY SQL from Power BI

Asif_Ali — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 23:48:46 GMT

I tried the same solution and even more but still does not work so what should I do now