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Anonymous
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OLE DB or ODBC error

Hello all,

 

Does anyone what the below error is and how to fix it?

 

Thank you in advance,

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v-juanli-msft
Community Support
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Hi @Anonymous 

Is it direct query or imported?

How big is your data source?

 

If you connect to My SQL using Odbc connector, it is important to know the data size limitations.

If you have large data, you could try some workarounds:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Get-Limited-data-in-Power-BI/td-p/298260

https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2019/01/04/odbc-power-bi-power-query-refresh-performance/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/odbc%C2%A0

 

Best Regards
Maggie
Community Support Team _ Maggie Li
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