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PowerBI currently broken with BigQuery: Simba driver issue with windows update


I've been happily using PowerBI on Windows 11 with BigQuery for several weeks. After an update of Windows 11 today, I'm now getting this error:

Unable to Connect:
Details: "The 'Driver' property with value '{Simba Google BigQuery ODBC Driver}'
doesn't correspond to an installed ODBC driver."

What gives?

I've reinstalled PowerBI and Windows 11, and I still have the same problem.

I've tried installing the Google Driver by hand from https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/odbc-jdbc-drivers

No joy :(.

Has anyone here experienced this before? Is it a local issue, or is it a new global issue with the recent Windows 11 update?

Thanks.


Solution

  • I looked into the forum that @Gisela linked, and they mentioned that you need to uninstall PowerBI and then reinstall it from the website (not the Microsoft store). You can download it here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=58494

    It solved the problem for me, so I would definitely give it a try!