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Hi All
Having the below issues when i am trying to connect AdventureWorks2014 on SQLEXPRESS instance running on my local machine.
I have made sure the Server is running
I have logged in
and trying to connect PowerBI as below
Any thoughts what is going on ?
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @a7n,
In your scenario, you use wrong Server name when connecting to SQL Server in Power BI Desktop. Please enter “ServerName\SQLEXPRESS” or “localhost\SQLEXPRESS” in Server textbox in Power BI Desktop.
Thanks,
Lydia Zhang
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