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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
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
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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