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r_beacroft
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Power BI Desktop - Unable to pull from OData feed using Token authentication

Hi,

 

Am newbie to Power BI.

 

We have an OData feed that supports token authentication.

i.e. requests contain a header with "Authorization Token [guid]"

 

How can I configure Power BI to be able to call ourOData feed?

Is this possible?

 

Kind Regards,

Rik

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Hi @r_beacroft,

If you connect to OData feed using the following entry, and then enter your password, are you able to get desired result?
1.PNG

If not, add a new blank query in Power BI Desktop, then paste one of the following codes in Advanced Editor and check if you get expected result.

let 
Source = OData.Feed("URL", null, [Headers = [Authorization = "Bearer Your token" ] ])
in
Source

 

let    
Source = Web.Contents("URL", [Headers=[#" Authorization  " = "Bearer Your token"]])
in
Source

 

There are a similar thread and blog for your reference.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33225590/authenticating-with-excel-power-query-against-net-odata-...
http://angryanalyticsblog.azurewebsites.net/index.php/2016/05/16/api-strategies-with-power-bi/

 

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

Community Support Team _ Lydia Zhang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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r_beacroft
Frequent Visitor

Hi,

 

Am newbie to Power BI.

 

We have an OData feed that supports token authentication.

i.e. requests contain a header with "Authorization Token [guid]"

 

How can I configure Power BI to be able to call ourOData feed?

Is this possible?

 

Kind Regards,

Rik

Hi @r_beacroft,

If you connect to OData feed using the following entry, and then enter your password, are you able to get desired result?
1.PNG

If not, add a new blank query in Power BI Desktop, then paste one of the following codes in Advanced Editor and check if you get expected result.

let 
Source = OData.Feed("URL", null, [Headers = [Authorization = "Bearer Your token" ] ])
in
Source

 

let    
Source = Web.Contents("URL", [Headers=[#" Authorization  " = "Bearer Your token"]])
in
Source

 

There are a similar thread and blog for your reference.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33225590/authenticating-with-excel-power-query-against-net-odata-...
http://angryanalyticsblog.azurewebsites.net/index.php/2016/05/16/api-strategies-with-power-bi/

 

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

Community Support Team _ Lydia Zhang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

In Power BI Desktop it works fine. But after publishing and trying to schedule automatic refresh I don't get a connection. Edit credentials

 

What exactly do I have to provide in the credentials in Power BI Service?

I tried several methods with/without "" but get "The credentials provided for the OData source are invalid"   

Status code:400

 

I used:

Authentication method

Key

 

Account key

Bearer ........

 

Privacy level setting for this data source

Organizational

 

I also tried: 

"Bearer ........."

 

What do I wrong?

 

 

 

bavix
Frequent Visitor

SOLVED

I had to use "Anonymous", "Organizational" and skip connection test

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