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Power BI dataset data refresh: asks for credentials then hangs indefinitely
Lots of people seem to be having this and related problems but I can't find anything that helps me there ... My main point is that the credentials I'm using are the same as those I use successful...
Raised a ticket on this; answer was that the connection string to the SQL Server contained also the port number (1433); when this was removed, the problem disappeared; root caused unknown, possibly an incombatibility between successive versions of Power BI
Here's my fiddler trace, while the authentication attempt was hanging. Any use? Tks
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byej6lppY-3iUVVwNjJrUDhaSDg/view?usp=sharing
Raised a ticket on this; answer was that the connection string to the SQL Server contained also the port number (1433); when this was removed, the problem disappeared; root caused unknown, possibly an incombatibility between successive versions of Power BI