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PBI Service refresh from MSAccess on SharePoint?
pkoetzing,
I export a Access table to sharepoint list via "Extenal data"->"More"->"SharePoint list" option in Access, after that I connect to the list using "SharePoint Online list" entry in Power BI Desktop, create report and publish report to Service.
This way, I click "Refresh Now" in Power BI Service to refresh the dataset, everything works well. Could you please perform the above steps in your scenario and check if it is successful?
Regards,
Lydia
Hi Lydia,
I can confirm that your solution is working! But frankly it's no longer an Access database we are connecting to. I could as well export to csv files and move them to SharePoint. Again the online refresh is working. But I'm loosing all the advantages from having >100 tables in one container and beeing able to update single records ...
Thanks for your help!
Peter
I'm afraid I agree - this isn't a solution (access on sharepoint isn't opening).
I'm having the same issue reading access databases hosted in sharepoint libraries. (We are running a premium SKU for our powerBI if that is part of the equation)
I can access and pull the data correctly out of the file from powerbi desktop.
I publish the file and check the settings... no on-premise gateway selected, oauth2 authentication credentials are set on the dataset. But if you try to refresh you get what looks like the old MDAC missing error (except since this isn't running on the gateway we control, we don't have a server to add the missing access components to.)
Any suggestions how to make the hosted report (dataset) read the database?
Thank you
Jennifer
Having similar issue and cannot connect from PowerBI dataflow (service) to the Access DB file on Sharepoint, even after installing Access 64bit driver on an enterprise gateway and applying the gateway in the dataflow.
Current workaround is to connect dataflow to the same Access DB file on a network drive, through the gateway (with Acces 64bit driver installed).
chaz2jerry I realiased this was a very old thread, marked as resolved (because they had a workaround for the original poster).
I started a discussion https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-Query/reading-access-databases-hosted-in-sharepoint-libraries-works-in/td-p/1210650/jump-to/first-unread-message to focus on connecting to the files as-is rather than having to ETL out to somewhere else first.
I'm curious how you managed to route your sharepoint connection via the on-premise gateway though. Our gateway couldn't support Oauth2 for sharepoint even last week. (just had the option pop up for us during testing this morning!) See you on the other thread!
