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danextian
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Power BI Desktop keeps asking to login when publishing report to web

Hi  All,

 

Not sure if I am the only one experiencing this but Power BI Desktop does not remember my credentials such that when I try to open an existing report or create a new one, the text on the upper right of the software shows "Sign in" and not my name. Oftentimes, it jus gets  stuck in the login dialogue box. I couldn't even send a frown because I couldn't do anything about the dialogue box other than end task Power BI.





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Hi @danextian @parry2k,

A new version of Power BI Desktop has been released, please download it from the following link, and the issue should be fixed in this version.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45331

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

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Anonymous
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Hi @danextian @parry2k,

A new version of Power BI Desktop has been released, please download it from the following link, and the issue should be fixed in this version.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45331

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

Hi,

 

Thank you for the update. The release works.





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THanks @Anonymous, will do it soon.

 

Parv



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Anonymous
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Hi @danextian,

We have reported the issue internally. I will post back once I get any updates.

You can also check the following similar issues.

http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/Publish-Report-Error-if-Not-Signed-In/idi-p/113197 http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/Power-BI-Desktop-January-2017-Login-popup-blocked/idi-p/11329...


Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

parry2k
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Yes this seems to be the issue, there is another thread where it was mentioned. I'm going to add this in issue section if it is not already reported there.



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by the way, if my memory serves me  right, this  started happening after installing Jan 2017 update.





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You are absolutely correct, I also started experiencing the same problem after Jan 2017 update.



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