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rsangeetha
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4 years ago
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Password protected Access Database - Gateway error

Hi all,   I am fairly new to Power BI. I have an access database which is password protected. From my Power BI Desktop, I am able to successfully connect to it through OLE DB driver (Thanks to refe...
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    rsangeetha
    4 years ago

    Thanks for your reply. The issue was because the database had an unconventional file extension. OLE DB connection was successful to the database in Desktop but not in PowerBI Service. To resolve this issue, I copied the database and stored as .mdb to establish an ODBC connection. Now, I am able to schedule data refresh in PowerBI Service using ODBC.