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Dataflows web connection error
Hello
When am trying to connect to a web page in dataflows, i am getting an error
what is it? any tips? am not able to configure gateway, why gateway is required if am getting data from web ?
How to solve this issue? any body encountered something like that
Thanks
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Can you connect to that web page from Power BI Desktop?
Hello
Yes, from power bi desktop or power query i am able to connect
What i am actually doing is this, i have a file on one drive for business, then am getting new data from the website , then appending new data from website to my one drive file
So what i want is that this process is done in a dataflow, but unfortunately dataflow is not connecting to the website
In pbi desktop or in excel its working perfectly
Is that web server on premise?
am using web-api which doesnt require gateway, also the data is online not on my pc, why it should need a gateway?
"online" and "online" are two separate things. You need a gateway if the Azure service cannot directly see your data source. For example a website on the company intranet requires a gateway.
You also need a gateway for an online/cloud source if you are combining/merging it with an on-premise data source in Power Query (hint: Don't ever do that).
