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directvman67
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10 months ago

Isssue Adding Web.Content Column to Web Data

I am hoping someone will read this and have a solution.  I will try to keep my post as brief as possible, but also with enough detail to understand the current situation.   I have a PowerBI dashbo...
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lbendlin's avatar
lbendlin
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10 months ago
I am not sure why you say I need a custom connector.

You need that if you want to refresh that semantic model in the Power BI service.

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cpwebb
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10 months ago

Just to add to that (and to reiterate some of the points made in my blog post linked to above): if I'm correct that you're trying to connect to an API that requires OAuth2 authentication, the reason you need to build a custom connector is that Power Query/M as it exists today in Power BI and Excel do not have the functionality required to support doing this in a reliable and secure way. The functionality only exists in custom connectors.