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HI There,
We are successfully making a ODBC connection in the Power BI desktop with below connection string.
We installed a personnel gateway to schedule the report refresh on service. Unfortunately it was throwing errors.
Datasource Connection String : driver={iSeries Access ODBC Driver};system=MEDICAL.SC.COM;dbq=acomm;dftpkglib=QGPL;languageid=ENU;pkg=QGPL/DEFAULT(IBM),2,0,1,0,512;translate=1
Error Message:
Failed to update data source credentials:ODBC:ERROR [HY000] [IBM][System I Access ODBC Driver]Key value in connection string too long.
Can you help me with this.
Hi @Anonymous
You may check the document here or this thread about how to configure the odbc data source. If it is not your case,you may submit a support ticket.
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/support/
Regards,
Cherie
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