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Getting an ODBC Connection Created
Hi Everyone, I am just starting a project where I will be implementing Power BI for an organization which is a franchise & has many branches but need some help & advice on the first steps which ...
To create an ODBC connection you need to have the ODBC driver for their data soure installed, and then you run the
app on your PC. There you can select the desired driver and specify the name and details of the connection. Best to create a System DSN.
Then in Power BI all you need is to select ODBC as the conenction type, and "dsn=name" as the data source.