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Hi Friends.
I am new to power bi. I am using Power BI desktop version. I want to connect to my cliets external server to extarct data to my power bi app. But I am unable to it in fact I have no idea how to do it. Kindly help with step by step illustartion of how to do it
I get the above massege pls
Hi, @Upali63
For a tutorial on connecting Power BI to Mysql you can refer to the following link.
https://help.scalegrid.io/docs/connect-mysql-to-powerbi
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/connectors/mysqldatabase
Regarding the error you are getting, please refer to the following link, hope it helps.
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Cannot-Connect-to-MySQL-Database/m-p/275947
Solved: MySQL: Unable to connect to any of the specified M... - Microsoft Power BI Community
Solved: unable to connect to mysql - Microsoft Power BI Community
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _Charlotte
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@Upali63 ,
Refer if these can help
https://blog.panoply.io/powerbi-mysql-challenges-and-alternatives
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