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Russ
Helper I
9 years ago
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Power BI-Get Data-Access Database will not find Union queries

Having no luck getting Power BI to import Access Union queries. They do not show up in the navigator preview.   A simple workround is to create a new Select query in Access with all fields from the...
  • v-qiuyu-msft's avatar
    v-qiuyu-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi Russ,

     

    I can reproduce the issue on my side, the created union query in Access database cann't be imported to desktop. I already reported this issue internally and will back if I get any feedback.

     

    Meanwhile, you can also perform Union action after tables are imported to the desktop. The Append Queries feature in Query Designer is same as the union query in Access. For more information, see: Shape and combine data in Power BI Desktop.

     

    Best Regards,
    Qiuyun Yu

  • v-haibl-msft's avatar
    v-haibl-msft
    9 years ago

    Russ

     

    Power BI lists all of the tables returned by the "ACE" library, and these union tables are for some reason not among the results. ACE is not under active development, and the product team who owns that library has known of this gap. Now you can use the workaround provided by Qiuyun.

     

    Best Regards,

    Herbert

v-qiuyu-msft's avatar
v-qiuyu-msft
Community Support
9 years ago

Hi Russ,

 

I can reproduce the issue on my side, the created union query in Access database cann't be imported to desktop. I already reported this issue internally and will back if I get any feedback.

 

Meanwhile, you can also perform Union action after tables are imported to the desktop. The Append Queries feature in Query Designer is same as the union query in Access. For more information, see: Shape and combine data in Power BI Desktop.

 

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

Russ's avatar
Russ
Helper I
9 years ago

Many thanks for the replies and thanks for reporting this issue. Good to know it's not an isolated issue. Hopefully, it will be resolved.