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speranzaa
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4 years ago
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Power BI Report Server doesn't refresh data from IBM DB2

Hi, I created a very simple tabular report with Power Bi Desktop (Version: 2.97.863.0 64-bit (September) 2021) which successfully retrieves data from an IBM Db2 database. Data on DB2 changes quite o...
  • d_gosbell's avatar
    4 years ago

    speranzaa wrote:

    the refresh process doesn't work, or better, clicking on the Refresh link nothing happens.

    The refresh link on the report is really only useful for reports in Direct Query mode, it only tells the visuals to requery the model. It does not do a data refresh for a model in import mode.

     


    speranzaa wrote:

    I also tried to use the scheduled refresh, with no result...

    On my client I have installed the IMB DB2 ODBC driver. Am I missing something to set at Power BI Report Server level?

     


    What do you mean by "no result". Was there an error in the refresh or did it say it completed successfully? Have you installed the DB2 client driver on the Report Server as this is not a part of the default install and would be required to do a scheduled refresh against DB2.