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Query for Salesforce API connection
- 2 months ago
Hi,
Bad Request on the token endpoint almost always means Salesforce is rejecting the request itself (not a Power BI connectivity issue), so I'd look at these first:
1. Check the Connected App is actually set up for Client Credentials Flow This is the most common gotcha — just having a Client ID/Secret isn't enough. In Salesforce Setup, on your Connected App, you need "Enable Client Credentials Flow" explicitly turned on under OAuth settings, and there needs to be a "Run As" user assigned to it. If that's not configured, you'll get a Bad Request even with correct credentials.
2. Try capturing the actual error body, not just the status Right now you won't see Salesforce's actual error message because Power Query throws before you can inspect the response. Add ManualStatusHandling = {400} to your Web.Contents options so you can capture the response body:
TokenResponse = Web.Contents(SalesforceUrl & "/services/oauth2/token", [ Content = Text.ToBinary("grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=" & ClientId & "&client_secret=" & ClientSecret), Headers = [#"Content-Type"="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"], ManualStatusHandling = {400} ]), ResponseText = Text.FromBinary(TokenResponse)Then just output ResponseText on its own to see what Salesforce is actually telling you (usually something like invalid_client_id or unsupported_grant_type which narrows it down immediately).
3. Double check there's no IP restriction issue If the Connected App or your Salesforce org has IP allowlisting/login IP ranges enforced, requests coming from Power BI's service (if this is going through the Power BI service rather than just Desktop) can get blocked at a level that also shows up as a generic Bad Request.
4. Confirm you're not mixing up Consumer Key/Secret with something else Sounds basic, but worth confirming ClientId/ClientSecret in your code are the actual Consumer Key and Consumer Secret from the Connected App's "Manage Consumer Details" page, not the connected app's Salesforce record Id or anything else.
Once you get the actual error text back from step 2, that'll tell you exactly which of these it is rather than guessing. Post that response back if you're still stuck and it'll be much easier to pin down.
A 400 Bad Request from the Salesforce OAuth token endpoint typically specifies that the request is not properly formed rather than a Power BI issue.
Here are a few things to verify:
Ensure you're using the correct token endpoint for your org (production vs. sandbox), for example:
Production: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token
Sandbox: https://test.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token
If using a My Domain URL, confirm it's configured to accept OAuth token requests.
Check from Postman
Test the same OAuth request using Postman or cURL. If it also returns 400 Bad Request, the issue is with the OAuth request or Salesforce configuration rather than Power BI.
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