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gricart
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Refresh error with odbc connection

Hello,

 

When I'm attempting to refresh my report information, I get the following error:

 

 

Tipo de origen de datos

Error del origen de datos: Options HierarchicalNavigation are not valid Odbc.DataSource options. Valid options are: CreateNavigationProperties, SqlCapabilities.
 
 
My configuration:
 
I have an Odbc connection to Firebird database in my server. 
I Installed PowerBi Gateway - personal (OK state).
I can get and refresh data from PowerBi Desktop.
PowerBi App - Gateway connections its on line
ODBC credentials are ok
 
Some body can help me?

 

Thank you very much

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arify
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi gricart, it looks like the Gateway is using an older version of PBI than your PBI Desktop.

 

If you want a quick workaround, you can delete

HierarchicalNavigation=true

part when you open the Query Editor (then, click Advanced Editor to see your M query better)

(But after doing this, you need to change the navigation in your query, because now it will return you a different structured navigation table)

 

Note: We're working on better alignment of PBI Desktop & PBI Gateway versions, so this problem will disappear very soon in general 🙂

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ankitpatira
Community Champion
Community Champion

@gricart I have run into this problem before. When you connect from PBI to firebird database using Firebird ODBC it does a database scan to list all objects and the specific method it runs that fails via firebird ODBC. This has actually been fixed in PBI desktop. However I haven't been able to test it with Powerbi.com. I would suggest you update your version of firebird ODBC and try. Meanwhile I will try it with personal gateway and let you know if it throws error to me as well.

arify
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi gricart, it looks like the Gateway is using an older version of PBI than your PBI Desktop.

 

If you want a quick workaround, you can delete

HierarchicalNavigation=true

part when you open the Query Editor (then, click Advanced Editor to see your M query better)

(But after doing this, you need to change the navigation in your query, because now it will return you a different structured navigation table)

 

Note: We're working on better alignment of PBI Desktop & PBI Gateway versions, so this problem will disappear very soon in general 🙂

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