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Jame1212
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10 years ago
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Access Database in Power BI Online

Hello,   for a company I want to develop a dashboard based on a MS-Access database I built. On my PC I can import the data by using "Power BI for Desktop" - "Start" - "Load data" - "Other" - "MS-A...
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    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Hi Jame1212,

    We are not able to directly import data from Access database to Power BI Online Service.

    However, you can connect to Access database from Power BI Desktop by using “Get data>More>Database>Access database” option, create reports in it and save the Power BI Desktop(PBIX) file. You can then publish the PBIX file to Power BI Online service or connect to the PBIX file via “Get data>Files” option of Power BI Online Service, this way, you are able to develop a dashboard based on the MS-Access database.

    Thanks,
    Lydia Zhang

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Anonymous
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10 years ago

Hi Jame1212,

We are not able to directly import data from Access database to Power BI Online Service.

However, you can connect to Access database from Power BI Desktop by using “Get data>More>Database>Access database” option, create reports in it and save the Power BI Desktop(PBIX) file. You can then publish the PBIX file to Power BI Online service or connect to the PBIX file via “Get data>Files” option of Power BI Online Service, this way, you are able to develop a dashboard based on the MS-Access database.

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

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PowerAccess
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9 years ago

Thanks for describing that useful workaround.


For the following connection methods:

 

A) import (embedded offline use),

 

B) refreshable connection (import and scheduled or manual refresh), and/or

 

C) live/direct query support

 

 

Which of the above connection method(s) are supported in each of the following cases?

 

1) Use from Power BI Desktop app

 

2) Setup of connection from within Power BI Service (and/or Power BI Report Server?)

 

4) .pbix imported into Power BI Service (and/or Report Server?)

 

5) Installed Gateway connected to Access DB (for use from Desktop, Service, Report Server, and/or Mobile Apps?)

 

6) Mobile Apps (connecting to Gateway directly, to Service, or to .pbix on OneDrive, if possible?)

 

 

Also, what, if any, further enhancements for Microosft Access support are under development now or planned?

Thanks again for your help,

Dan