Unable to connect to local SQL server

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I am not able to connect to a local SQL server through Power Bi. I am using MySQL Workbench as server manager. I tried using "localhost", "127.0.0.1:3306", "Local instance MySQL80" or the host name that can be found under  MySQL Workbench > Administration > Host as server names, but there is no way I am able to connect to the server. I either get Error State 18, Named Pipes Provider, error: 40  or some other similar errors. The Power Bi tutorials and other similar posts on this forum unfortunately weren't helpful: rather than an actual problem, I am afraid I am missing something here.

I was previously able to connect when I was using MS SQL Server Management Studio as a server manager, but then I had to switch to MySQL Workbench (still not really familiar with it) and since then I wasn't able to connect successfully.

[v-lid-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Does this issue have been resolved?Could you please provide more details about it If it still not be resolved? Please don't contain any Confidential Information or Real data in your reply.

Best regards,

[Greg_Deckler]

Make certain that you are using the MySQL connector and not the SQL Connector because the error you are getting is a SQL Server error so...