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BMB-UPMC
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8 years ago

Preparing Access Database for BI Dashboards

I have an Access database that contains tables that are linked to an Oracle database via an ODBC connection. When I attempt to “get data” and select the Access database, it does not recognize these t...
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v-yulgu-msft
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8 years ago

Hi BMB-UPMC,

 

I tested on my side, Power BI can load Excel linked tables successfully from Access database. Please check this scenario on your side to see if issue persists.

 

Regards,

Yuliana Gu

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    BMB-UPMC
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    8 years ago

    It does not work for me.  I can connect to the Access database, but no tables are available to view.  It says "no items selected for preview" in the right pane.

     

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