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Anonymous
1 year agoNot applicable
Power BI Refresh Error
Hi, can someone help me with the error message below? Data source error: Information is needed in order to combine data. Please specify a privacy level for each data source.;Information about a d...
shafiz_p
1 year agoSuper User
Hi Anonymous
You can follow my steps below:
open the corresponding PBI desktop local file first and
Combine Data According to Privacy Levels:
- In Power BI Desktop, go to File > Options and settings > Options.
- Under Current File, select Privacy.
- Ensure that the option Combine data according to your Privacy Level settings for each source is selected
Check Privacy Levels:
- Open Power BI Desktop.
- Go to File > Options and settings > Data source settings.
- Select your data source and click Edit Permissions.
- Ensure that the privacy levels for all data sources are set correctly and consistently. You can choose between Public, Organizational, and Private
Perform a desktop data refresh to ensure success. Ater the refresh is successful, you can republish to and try to reconfigure the data source definition for the data source of the related dataset to ensure that the "Privacy level" configured on the Serive is consistent with that of the Desktop:
Check out the orginal solution here: https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Service/Data-source-error-Information-is-needed-in-order-to-combine-data/m-p/2753455
Hope this helps!!
If this solved your problem, please accept it as a solution!!
Best Regards,
Shahariar Hafiz