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Export Template with Datasource Credentials
Hi SLehmann ,
I find one guess from ioamnesia and I agree with him. This may the cause of the issue you meet.
Best guess: the credentials.bin file inside the zip is encrypted with either a certificate or stored value (perhaps in the credential manager) on the source computer and that key does not exist on the "different computer" you moved the zip to.
Reference: Solved: Re: Query Editor requires credentials? - Microsoft Power BI Community
In addition, how about publishing your .pbix file to Power BI Service and other users can copy the report or create new reports based on the dataset? For these two options, it is only needed to give permission of the dataset, not needed to enter credentials manually by each user. For details, please refer to these official documents:
Copy reports from other apps or workspaces - Power BI | Microsoft Docs;
Connect to datasets in the Power BI service from Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Docs.
Best Regards,
Icey
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Hi SLehmann ,
I find one guess from ioamnesia and I agree with him. This may the cause of the issue you meet.
Best guess: the credentials.bin file inside the zip is encrypted with either a certificate or stored value (perhaps in the credential manager) on the source computer and that key does not exist on the "different computer" you moved the zip to.
Reference: Solved: Re: Query Editor requires credentials? - Microsoft Power BI Community
In addition, how about publishing your .pbix file to Power BI Service and other users can copy the report or create new reports based on the dataset? For these two options, it is only needed to give permission of the dataset, not needed to enter credentials manually by each user. For details, please refer to these official documents:
Copy reports from other apps or workspaces - Power BI | Microsoft Docs;
Connect to datasets in the Power BI service from Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Docs.
Best Regards,
Icey
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.