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Cmuglioni
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Update error message - PowerBi in Excel

Hi Everyone. I made a report in Excel that is connected directly to a data base in PowerBi in a Workspace.

 

I am getting everytime this error message:

 

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Translate: The database driver does not include necessary capabilities and cannot be used with Excel. Contact your database administrator or driver vendor.

 

Also, sometimes, I am getting this error message as well:

 

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My dax formula for Cajas N-1 is the following:

 

Cajas N-1 = CALCULATE(SUM(Inventario[Cajas]),DATESBETWEEN(Calendario[Fecha],Date(Max(Calendario[Año])-1,FORMAT(MIN(Calendario[Fecha]),"mm"),FORMAT(MIN(Calendario[Fecha]),"dd")),EDATE(MAX(Calendario[Fecha]),-12)))
 
(I am forcing the Sameperiodlastyear because I had some troubles with the time functions)
 
Sometimes I am getting this message error as well:
 
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Additional Information: I update my Analyse in Excel tool to the last version.

 

Does anyone have an idea how I can fix these errors?

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

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Cmuglioni
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Update: I found the problem to my issue. In Excel I have a specific slicer for year and it wasn't working with the only table where I have values from previous year. I change the slicer for a simple year filter in this specific table and it works just fine!

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Cmuglioni
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Update: I found the problem to my issue. In Excel I have a specific slicer for year and it wasn't working with the only table where I have values from previous year. I change the slicer for a simple year filter in this specific table and it works just fine!

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