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DanduMani104
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Dataset refresh

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After publishing the report ,when I want to refresh dataset its shows above error,

can you people help me out of it.I mean what is this error about and and what should I do

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @DanduMani104 Are you using source file in ".xls" format. if yes change file ".xls" to ".xlsx" in POwer BI desktop. Publish again and refresh

watts_jim
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Helper II

As the message says ,you are missing the driver required to access the data - you need to install it.  Servers need to have drivers like ordinary PCs.

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