Power BI Data Mart SQL Database Connection

I am trying to set up a Data Mart in Power BI for our database. I keep getting the following error while trying to connect: An exception occurred: An error occurred while communicating with another s...

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Anonymous

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3 years ago

Hi Anonymous ,

Is the database you want to connect to located locally, or is it located in another server?

Best regards,

Community Support Team Selina zhu

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