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aogland
New Member
9 years ago

Issue connecting Power BI Desktop to IBM DB2 database

I am not able to connect my Power BI Desktop to a IBM DB2 database. If I only add the server name and database I get an "Microsoft Db2 Client: No connection could be made because the target machine ...
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v-sihou-msft
Microsoft Employee
9 years ago

aogland

 

Make sure the instance is running on the server. TCP /IP services are started on remote DB2 server. Port number is correct and it's open on server.

 

I just tested with server name and database name. It can connect the DB2 database properly.

 

 

 

Regards,

Simon Hou

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afsantos68
New Member
5 years ago

database name is the same as a name of one library? if not, how can i know the database name? thanks