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jcmouniapin
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Odata error - "The user was not authorized"

Hello,

 

I have got the error "The user was not authorized" when I try to access to an OData Feed.

 

But when I try to access to the same OData Feed using Excel 2013, it works fine. i would like to understand why it is working with Excel and not with Power BI Desktop.

 

Can someone help and guide me to solve my problem, please?

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Greg_Deckler
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Best thing you can do is probably send a frowny face to support and then they are going to ask you to turn on tracing, Options & Settings | Options | Diagnostics | Enable Tracing and then send them the file.



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snetsmart
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I, too, am having the same issue. I've tried to use oauth to use the odata feed in Power BI Desktop and I get "Unable to connect. Check your credentials." However, I am able to access the same tables via Excel with the same credentials.

 

 

Please could you let me know if there has been a resolution to this issue. I'm using OData Data Source with Basic authentication. The connection works via a browser or Excel but presents "the user not authorised" message when trying to connect via Power BI Desktop.

 

 I can send a trace file if it helps

Greg_Deckler
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Best thing you can do is probably send a frowny face to support and then they are going to ask you to turn on tracing, Options & Settings | Options | Diagnostics | Enable Tracing and then send them the file.



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