

- #Unable to install power bi desktop how to#
- #Unable to install power bi desktop for mac#
- #Unable to install power bi desktop upgrade#
What do you need to run Power BI on a Mac?īefore we get started we need to setup two things, a new account with Amazon AWS and downloading the Microsoft Remote Desktop 10 form the Apple store.ġ.
#Unable to install power bi desktop upgrade#
Unlike traditional solutions (Dual Bootcamp, a local VM or using a 3rd party service) this method is Free, it's a real windows machine that you can upgrade and install any ODBC to work with Power BI, and it takes only a few minutes to set up and starts running.
#Unable to install power bi desktop for mac#
For Mac users missing out of the new power horse sweeping the Business Intelligence scene, there is an effortless way to install and run Power BI on a Mac. Simply re-enter your credentials, or reopen the file, and the error should go away.Microsoft Power BI is a Windows application only, which means it doesn't run on a mac. If you receive a token expired error, it means you haven't recently used the Analyze in Excel feature on the computer you're using. If you encounter an error that states Can't find OLAP cube model, then the dataset you're trying to access has no data model, and therefore cannot be analyzed in Excel.
#Unable to install power bi desktop how to#
For information about how to determine the correct update, and for download links, see Update Excel libraries for the OLE DB provider earlier in this article. The primary cause for a connection cannot be made error is that your computer's OLE DB provider client libraries are not current. Once your measures are defined in the model in the Power BI service, you'll be able to use them in the Values area in Excel PivotTables.

Implicit measures are generated dynamically, and not stored in the data model. In those cases, the tabular model is available locally, and you can use implicit measures. This is different from working with a local data source (such as tables in Excel, or working with datasets in Power BI Desktop or the Power BI service).

When your Power BI dataset connects to an external OLAP model (which is how Excel connects to Power BI), the PivotTable requires measures to be defined in the external model, since all calculations are performed on the server. Can't drag anything to the PivotTable Values area (no measures) Connecting to Power BI datasets that are built on live connections to Analysis Services is not supported unless the user has read access to the data in Analysis Services in addition to the datasets permissions in Power BI. If you're trying to access a dataset that has a live connection to SQL Server Analysis Services or Azure Analysis Services data, you may receive an error message. Unable to access on-premises Analysis Services If you still run into errors, log into Power BI with the account that has permission, and verify that you can view and access the dataset in Power BI that you're attempting to access in Excel. After encountering the forbidden error, when prompted to enter your credentials, use the credentials that have permission to access the dataset you're trying to use. When this occurs, you may receive an error titled Forbidden, which means you may be signed into Power BI with credentials that do not have permissions to the dataset. Some users have more than one Power BI account, and when Excel attempts to connect to Power BI using existing credentials, it may use credentials that do not have access to the dataset or report you want to access. Troubleshoot starting in Power BI with Analyze in Excel, specifically:
