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Anonymous
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9 years ago
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Unable to Connect to MySQL Database

Upon the recent update, I have been unable to connect to our MySQL data sources.  I have been receiving the following error message: "An error happened while reading data from the provider: 'Object r...
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    Anonymous
    9 years ago

     

    Hi Anonymous,

    In your scenario, are you able to connect to the MySQL database in MySQL workbench? Please ensure that MySQL workbench is installed in the same machine as Power BI Desktop.


    If the connection is successful in MySQL workbench, use same connection string and make sure that you use Database credential in Power BI Desktop to connect to the MySQL database, and you can review this blog about connecting to MySQL in Power BI Desktop.

    Thanks,
    Lydia Zhang

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Anonymous
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9 years ago

Upon the recent update, I have been unable to connect to our MySQL data sources.  I have been receiving the following error message: "An error happened while reading data from the provider: 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.'"

 

 

Has anyone else encountered this error and were you able to find a solution? 

 

Thank you for any advice you may be able to offer that may help me resolve this issue. 

 

-Grant