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dgwilson
Resolver III
17 days ago

CoPilot - Prep Data for AI

Hi there...   I've got a confusing issue where I have Copilot access (via Power Bi Desktop) but prep Data for AI says I do not have access. The reports I'm updating - I'm not the original author o...
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Natarajan_M
Super User
14 days ago

Hi dgwilson , Can you share the details of the file that you have opened in the desktop , is it connected live to the semantic model ? or its a file that have all the sources in it ? 

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    dgwilson
    Resolver III
    14 days ago

    OK, I have an update.

    The report is a thick report.

     

    When I was trying to do this setup I was working from home using my work issued Windows laptop. I did end up removing some proxy confiuration ...  and got it to work - that is less than ideal.
    From windows cmd line - setx https_proxy and setx http_proxy.

    As of writing this message - I am in the office and have loaded up the report I was having issues with and was able to access "Prep Data for AI" straight away.

    This to me means there is some network call that is failing and then falling through to some generic error message - that is of no help what so ever to allow any sensible diagnostics to be performed. And it's difficult for me to engage the network team when I can't tell them anything about what is happening.

     

    - David