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SiWill2017
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9 years ago
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Unable to Connect to SQL Server

 I keep getting the following error message when trying to connect to the companies SQL Server, does anyone have any idea of how to solve this?   "An error happened while reading data from the prov...
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    thaslett
    8 years ago

    Hello,

    I just wanted to add my experience to this. As the Network Manager, I was not comfortable allowing a user to run with admin credentials, so I wanted to find a way around this issue.

     

    I also did have to use Run As Admin to get the connection to work. I discovered that I only needed to do that to establish the connection, though. Once I did, the program could then be run without the Run As Admin option and it would work.

     

    Hope that helps someone.

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thaslett
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8 years ago

Hello,

I just wanted to add my experience to this. As the Network Manager, I was not comfortable allowing a user to run with admin credentials, so I wanted to find a way around this issue.

 

I also did have to use Run As Admin to get the connection to work. I discovered that I only needed to do that to establish the connection, though. Once I did, the program could then be run without the Run As Admin option and it would work.

 

Hope that helps someone.

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JordiDeGirona
New Member
3 years ago

Hi

I tried to reinstall NET, register and unregoster DLL, etc, etc.

Opening Excel with admin can open a query, but not with my usual user.

 

Finally, ther solution was:

Create a query that works opening excel with admin user, and save the excel file

Open excel with regular user, and open file saved in previous step

Go to Edit query (Power Query Editor) -> Configure data source button -> Edit permissions ->Uncheck cipher connection

Solved

Any new query you create will work as usual