PL-300-Microsoft-Power-BI-Data-Analyst

Hi Francis Nyasha Mubika ,

The lab assumes you have a local SQL Server instance running on localhost, that's why it is showing the error. Please verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections.
You can also follow the checks mentioned above as this will help you to troubleshoot the issue. If still you are unable to load the data, you may use excel and carry on with your learnings.

Let us know if you have any further questions, would be happy to assist you.

Happy Learnings!

I'm afraid that I know nothing about these labs, but I can explain the error message: It means that you did not reach the SQL Server instance you specified. There can be any number of reasons for this:

• Server name not spelled correctly.
• SQL Server is not running.
• The instance is a named instance, you did not specify the instance name.
• Firewalls are blocking the way.
• There is no SQL Server instance at all on the machine you specified.

I see that the instructions says that you should specify localhost. This suggests that SQL Server should be running on the same machine as that UI you are using. If this is running on your laptop, you need to have installed SQL Server. If this is running on a lab machine set up for the exercise, you may not have permissions to inspect the environment, but check that you have spelled localhost correctly.