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DarthMall
9 years agoRegular Visitor
Error When Trying to Connect
Trying to get data from a SQL database that has the On Premise Gateway installed from PowerBI Desktop and getting the following error: Details: "An error happened while reading data from the prov...
v-ljerr-msft
9 years agoMicrosoft Employee
Hi DarthMall,
To narrow down the cause of this issue, could you try installing SQL Server Management Studio(SSMS) on the same machine that have Power BI Desktop installed, then use SSMS to connect to the SQL Server and check if it is successful?:smileyhappy:
Regards
DarthMall
9 years agoRegular Visitor
Hi sorry for the delay, I was away.
Yes I can connect from the client machine using SSMS