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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:
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:
My dax formula for Cajas N-1 is the following:
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!
Solved! Go to Solution.
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!
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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