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lnel
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6 years ago
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API Call Credentials Invalid

Hi,    I suddenly have a 'The credentials are invalid' error for my various API calls to 2 different systems via an API key. Everything was working fine for weeks. If I try to edit the credentials,...
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    lnel
    6 years ago

    I managed to solve it! The datasources stopped trying to login "Anonymous" and were now on "Basic" mode.

     

    After I tried your suggestion I actually got a different error: 

    The 'X-SmartToken' header is only supported when connecting anonymously. These headers can be used with all authentication types: Accept, Accept-Charset, Accept-Encoding, Accept-Language, Cache-Control, Content-Type, If-Modified-Since, Prefer, Range, Referer


    Based on this error, I f    ound the solution here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Remote-API-Access-to-data-source-sudden-errors/td-p/627973

     

    Thanks!