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CMcAlpine
10 years agoFrequent Visitor
Power BI Enterprise - Access Database
I've been searching all morning to see if there's a way to do this, but essentially i have many many data sources set up through the Gateway and require another query to an on prem access database. I...
- 10 years ago
MS Access is not a server, just a file. You can certainly connect to a file using the personal gateway - I'm not sure if it works with the enterprise gateway or not. To test it, configure a power bi desktop file that connects to the access DB in its resting location (visible to the gateway of course). Then publish and see if it refreshes.
MattAllington
10 years agoCommunity Champion
MS Access is not a server, just a file. You can certainly connect to a file using the personal gateway - I'm not sure if it works with the enterprise gateway or not. To test it, configure a power bi desktop file that connects to the access DB in its resting location (visible to the gateway of course). Then publish and see if it refreshes.