ALM Toolkit : Connecting to Workspace Error

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I have been trying to use the ALM Toolkit, and have successfully used it to compare models within two Power BI Desktop files, however I am struggling with the option to connect this to a workspace.

When inputting the connection string provided by the service, I receive the error below:

Can someone advise what I may be doing wrong?

Thanks

[dax]

Hi @Anonymous , 

You need to use correct dataset string, you could copy dataset string in dataset setting like below

powerbi://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/<workspace name>

 

Then it will prompt credential windows, you need to sign in, then you could choose dataset name in that worksapce. This seems work in premium workspace.

Best Regards,
Zoe Zhi

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[Anonymous]

Hi @dax 

I managed to get as far as signing in, prompting for credentials etc. It's right after this that I get the error message. Notably I've also noticed a similar error when I tried to connect using other tools like SSMS with the workspace connection string. Is there a tenant setting somewhere I've missed perhaps? 

The workspace is assigned to Premium capacity, and the XMLA Endpoints for the capacity is set to read/write - though I'm not intending to write to it just yet, only wanted to test the comparison functionality.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

After a little more digging, I discovered this was related to a tenant setting under Integration Settings in the Admin portal.

'Use Analyze in Excel with on-premises datasets' must be enabled. I've enabled this in our tenant settings and can now successfully connect using the method above.