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Help... please! Credentials are required to connect to the Web source: Basic Authentication for REST
Hi there, I have a set of REST Services that I connect to using Web. The REST Services use Basic Authentication over HTTPS. When refreshing these services through Power BI Desktop and ent...
Hi Xiaoxin,
The REST Service is an online REST Service that is publically accessible.
At this stage there is no gateway in play as I could not get it to install.
So a few questions:
Do I definitely need a gateway to make the scheduled refresh work
If so, what gateway connection mode and settings do I need to use
Many thanks.
Hi Leise,
Please provide the detail information about datasource settings of power bi desktop and the dataset setting of power bi service.
Have you used the 'web.page' connector in power query?
If that is a case, you need a gateway to manage the refresh; otherwise power bi will use 'connect live' mode to link your source.
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng