Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Learn from the best! Meet the four finalists headed to the FINALS of the Power BI Dataviz World Championships! Register now

Reply
anandsoftweb
Advocate V
Advocate V

SSAS Tabular model giving error while importing data from excel file

Hello,

 

Following error

Failed to save modifications to the server. Error returned: 'OLE DB or ODBC error:Unspecified error. A connection could not be made to the data source with the Name of '-----(File name/connection name)'.

 

Thanks

2 REPLIES 2
Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @anandsoftweb,

Do you connect to SSAS from Excel or Power BI Desktop? Please check possible causes of the above error message in this article: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/20827.ssas-error-ole-db-or-odbc-error-a-... .

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

@anandsoftweb

 

Please enable tracing  by going to File > Options and Settings > Options > Diagnostics >Enable tracing. Then try to reproduce the issue, please then publish your trace file.

 

Regards,

Hayman

Helpful resources

Announcements
Power BI DataViz World Championships carousel

Power BI DataViz World Championships - June 2026

A new Power BI DataViz World Championship is coming this June! Don't miss out on submitting your entry.

Join our Fabric User Panel

Join our Fabric User Panel

Share feedback directly with Fabric product managers, participate in targeted research studies and influence the Fabric roadmap.

March Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Community Update - March 2026

Check out the March 2026 Power BI update to learn about new features.