OData feed editor: A web API key can only be specified when a web API key name is provided

[Sokon]

I want to connect to an OData feed by using an Web API key for authentication. The obvious way is to choose "Get Data"/"OData Feed" and use the editor. After I entered the URL I need to choose how to authenticate. Because I have a API key I chose "Web API", entered the key and hit "connect" --> Error.

I'd really like to specifiy the API key name - but how? The dialog in this case doesn't work as designed and is of no use. We always need to use a workaround.

[v-qiuyu-msft]

Hi @Sokon,

You can pass ApiKeyName in the OData.feed() use Power Query. For more information, see:

authenticating with Excel Power Query against .Net Odata Web Api
API Strategies with Power BI

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

[waynestevens]

Is there no way to specify the ApiKeyName without having to resort to writing the OData.feed() function yourself in Power Query? This might be fine for technical users, but isn't a great experience for business users. With OData feeds using basic authentication, everything can be done in the UI/Wizard (no need to write the function expression). But when an OData feed uses an API key, the UI/Wizard is useless... why can't Microsoft simply expose the ApiKeyName parameter somewhere in this UI?