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Hello Community,
I'm not computer engineer but spatial analyst.
I would like to understand how to parameter files like pghba.conf and which ip adress give in the connection settings in PowerBI desktop to connect to a distant PostgreSQL database located on another computer ?
For the moment I use IPV4 address from the distant computer :
And I get the following message :
Summary in english > Unable to read data - Timeout connection, no answer from the host
Thank you for your suggestions.
Vivien
Solved! Go to Solution.
@vivienv , there few driver and setup issues can be there.
refer these docs, I usually refer these to fix the driver and ssl related issues
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-Query/Connecting-to-PostgresSQL-hosted-on-AWS-RDS/td-p/135666
https://dataintoresults.com/post/powerbi-and-postgresql-ssl-lets-encrypt-and-gateway/
https://niftit.com/connecting-power-bi-to-postgresql/
@vivienv , there few driver and setup issues can be there.
refer these docs, I usually refer these to fix the driver and ssl related issues
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-Query/Connecting-to-PostgresSQL-hosted-on-AWS-RDS/td-p/135666
https://dataintoresults.com/post/powerbi-and-postgresql-ssl-lets-encrypt-and-gateway/
https://niftit.com/connecting-power-bi-to-postgresql/
Hi @amitchandak,
Thanks you for these differents posts, I used this one > https://niftit.com/connecting-power-bi-to-postgresql/
It works great !
Maybe I would add that sometimes, the firewall could be at the origine of this Timeout expired error :
Juste remove the firewall and it works 👍
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