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Connect PowerBI Desktop with PostgreSQL
I'm tring to connect power BI to a Posgres 9.4 database installed into the same machine (my windows 10 laptop). I've overcome the error about Npgsql intalling Npgsql.dll with GACutil and modifying t...
Has anyone actually managed to get the Postgre connector to work? This is driving me crazy!
- I have installed Microsoft Power Bi version: 2.47.4766.801 64-bit (June 2017).
- I have installed Npgsql 3.2.3.
- I have installed VS Studio 2017 Community and added the dll files to the assembly using the command prompt.
- I have edited my machine.config file so it looks like this:
<system.data>
<DbProviderFactories>
<add name="Npgsql Data Provider" invariant="Npgsql" description=".Net Framework Data Provider for PostgreSQL Server" type="Npgsql.NpgsqlFactory, Npgsql, Version=3.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5d8b90d52f46fda7"/>
</DbProviderFactories>
</system.data> - I am running Windows 10 so I already have .NET framework 4.5 installed
- I restart my PC, open up Power Bi and try to connect to Postgre again and I get the same message that the connector requires one or more additional components to be installed before it can be used.
The tracer log from my Power Bi can be found here:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/vleze0
How can I get this thing to work?
Thanks.
Ian
I confirm that it is working for me.
During the installation of NGPSQL, did you tick the GAC installation ?
You need to tick the two checkboxes.