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Raghu04
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1 year ago

Power BI Desktop

its possible or not - personel one drive account having excel file that i need to connect with organization account in power bi desktop?  I tried to connect but I am getting error like    "Unable ...
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Ritaf1983
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1 year ago

Hi Raghu04 

It seems like you're trying to connect an Excel file from a personal OneDrive account to Power BI Desktop using your organizational account. This often leads to authentication conflicts between the personal and organizational accounts, resulting in the error you're seeing.

Possible Solutions:

  1. Save Locally:

    • Download the Excel file to your local computer and connect to it from Power BI. This can help bypass the authentication issue, although it won't be automatically updated if changes are made in OneDrive.

  2. Move to Organizational Drive:

    • Move the file to your organization's OneDrive or SharePoint. This way, it will align with your organizational account and should solve the access problem.

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