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Cannot connect Powerbi to MySQL Database

Hi, I have issue conncting MySQL database with Powerbi Desktop. The error message  reads "The server was not authorized" Please I need help, it has been over two weeks. Regards, Bisi.   

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Cannot connect to MySQL database

Dear all, Please I need help. Power BI Desktop cannot connect to MySQL Database. The error message is "The user was not authorized" I have been on this for two weeks now. Any help will be appreciated....

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24 hour based gantt

HI, I have table with tasks done by staff, and each task has field Start_Date_Time and Close_Date_Time. As all tasks last just few hours and finish same day, I would like to display that in gantt chart...

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Calculated Column & Référence to one line.

Hi everyone,  I'm a fresh user of Power BI (less than 6 months experience) but OK in Excel. I have some dashboard that I would like to move from Excel to Power BI but still struggling with some...

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Classify revenue amount based on date of month

I have a data set taken from an online database, simplified in this file: test file Table All Customers contains IDs of every single customer in the databaseTable All Purchases contains only IDs of the...

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Calculate function turned wrong

Hi everyone,  Can you please help me to check why this Calculate function went wrong:Week Amount = CALCULATE(sum(Merge[TotalAmount]),filter('Merge',Merge[YearWeeknum of PurchaseDay])) Type = if([Week...

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google analytics - auto sum in query editor

 I'm having difficulties loading data from Google Analitys via connector. When i add the Date column to get insight in some values over time, it automatically sums the values in the first row and...

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After upgrading to Oct 30, 2016 I cannot refresh my model anymore

After I upgraded my PowerBI for Desktop to Oct 30th, 2016 release, I cannot refresh my model anymore. Error: Failed to save modification to the server. Error returned: "A measure, set, expression or...

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Report uses this compression I don't know how to work with it.

I'm working with a business software that outputs reports with what I think is a row compression. The software will put multible peices of data into a cell and separate them by a commas.   What is this...

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Summing Multiple New Meassures

I've got a new issue I'm looking to resolve with the help of the PowerBI gurus here. I could be doing this incorrectly so please give me any feedback you feel is important.  I've got a new report I'm...

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Incorrect map location - Argentina

It seems that Power BI is locating a province in an incorrect place.The Filled map doesn't show the province while the Map is putting the province in the middle of the ocean. I tried with province's...

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comparative analysis and date filters

Hello dear community,I have a couple of questions and ask for your help. I have a table with orders and open/closed dates: 1) we want to compare the number of orders(=number of References) with last...

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Ranking a value based on columns from different tables

Hi, I am a new user to Power BI Desktop and wondered how I rank a 'Total' value that I have in table1, which is ranked by a 'Job Title' column which is in table2? There is a relationship between the 2...

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Desktop Edit Relationship - Cannot Select Multiple Columns

Hello Community, I'm trying to select multiple columns (Name & Team), but the Desktop tool only allows me to select one.  Is there limitation to the tool to allow multiple columns for the join?...

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esri map symbol colors

Hello all, I'm using ESRI maps in preview.  Obviously it has a big upside potential for Powerbi and ESRI both.  Win-win.  I am having an issue with Symbol colors though and wanted to post it here.  (If...

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Filtering multiple values

Hi, I'm using a slicer in order to filter out a report. I have Case Number field which contains about 4,000 case numbers. I can select multpiple case numbers in the Slicer by clicking on the values.  I...

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Column cannot be found or may not be used in this expression

I am having trouble with a measurement formula. Avg Days to Resolve = DIVIDE( Sum(FactIncident[DaysToResolve]), Sum(FactIncident[IncOpen])) The error is: Column 'IncOpen' in table 'FactIncident' cannot...

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Questions : Slicers , Parameters and Power BI on HANA

Hello, I need your help in order to know if some functionnality is possible in Power BI desktop. A1 : Suppose than I have one slicer "YEAR" based on the query "SALES". Is it possible to pass the...

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Calculate customer retention by billing cycle

Not sure if this is possible, but what I need to do is calculate a retention %  based on previous purchases per unique customer I have a fact table (fSales) that includes customer_id, campaign_id,...

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Error after Power BI crash and upgrade - Failed to save modifications to the...

After closing out of a query and attempting to save Power BI desktop crashed. Now when I try to open the pbix file this is the error that I get: Failed to save modifications to the server. Error...

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