Excel 2013 Power Pivot Error

64 bit machine

Enterprise Windows 7

Office 2013 32 bit

Excel 2013

I have admin rights on the machine

I created a set of queries in Power Query.

I want to access the queries (in multiple tabs) from Power Pivot as my data sources

I opened a new Excel file, Opened Power Pivot

I clicked the Manage Data Model button

I clicked From Other Sources in "Get External Data"

I clicked Excel and browsed to the excel file with the Power Query query files

I select the file and click test connection

and I get an error "Failed to connect to the server. Reason: Unspecified error"

This is a local excel file I created. I have rights to it!

I once fixed this by enabling all SQL services I could find. But that is not working now.

Help!

Full message below: 

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Error Message:
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Unspecified error
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Failed to connect to the server. Reason: Unspecified error

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Call Stack:
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   at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionInternal..ctor(OleDbConnectionString constr, OleDbConnection connection)
   at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(DbConnectionOptions options, DbConnectionPoolKey poolKey, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningObject)
   at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(DbConnectionOptions options, DbConnectionPoolKey poolKey, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningConnection, DbConnectionOptions userOptions)
   at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreateNonPooledConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, DbConnectionPoolGroup poolGroup, DbConnectionOptions userOptions)
   at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.TryGetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal oldConnection, DbConnectionInternal& connection)
   at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionInternal.TryOpenConnectionInternal(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions)
   at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.TryOpenConnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions)
   at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionInternal.OpenConnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory)
   at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.Open()
   at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.BackEnd.RelationalDataSourceConnection.InitializeConnectionObject(String connectionIdentifier)
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   at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.BackEnd.RelationalDataSourceConnection.InitializeConnectionObject(String connectionIdentifier)
   at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.BackEnd.RelationalDataSourceConnection.Open(String& connectionIdentifier)
   at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.BackEnd.RelationalDataSourceConnection.Open()
   at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Common.DataSourceBasic.TestConnection()
   at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Common.DataSourceBasic.ClickTestConnection(Object progressControl)

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July 1st, 2015 7:04pm

Hi David,

Thank you for your question. 

I am trying to involve someone more familiar with this topic for a further look at this issue. Sometime delay might be expected from the job transferring. Your patience is greatly appreciated. 
Thank you for your understanding and support.

Regards,

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July 12th, 2015 8:56pm

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