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pkoetzing
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9 years ago
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PBI Service refresh from MSAccess on SharePoint?

Hi,   My dataset is connected to a MSAccess database on SharePoint. Refreshing from PBI Desktop works fine, but refreshing from PBI Service fails with the following message:   Microsoft Access: T...
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    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    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

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Anonymous
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9 years ago

pkoetzing,

Could you please tell us which connector do you use to connect to the Access database stored on SharePoint Online in Power BI Desktop?

Regards,
Lydia

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pkoetzing
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9 years ago

Hi Lydia,

 

I'm actually using the "SharePoint folder" connector. E.g. in the query I have

 

let

    PowerXpert = "https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/Departments/PowerXpert/",
    Solutions = PowerXpert & "ModelData/3-SRCPS/2017-05-23 Release 9/Solutions/",
    Source = SharePoint.Files(PowerXpert, [ApiVersion = 15]),
    File = Source{[Name="Fuel_Report.accdb",#"Folder Path"=Solutions]}[Content],
    Import = Access.Database(File),
    Fuel_Prices = Import{[Schema="",Item="Fuel_Prices"]}[Data],

    ...

 

Before I tried the "Access database" connector, but couldn't get that working on SharePoint.

 

/Peter