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Anonymous
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Quickbooks Connection

I cannot connect Power BI to quickbooks online.  I am using an admin QBO log in and the quickbooks beta connection.  I put in the QBO username, pwd etc and it just spins and spins with a you are being signed in ... can anyone tell me what I am missing.  I did not think the initial log on should take over an hour?  Intuit, of course referred me to Power BI ... I would gr

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Anonymous
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I gotit .... I had to go into File - Options and under security Authentication Browser, enable use my default browser (Chrome).

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KonradZawel
Helper I
Helper I

Just make sure QuickBooks is open with your company file loaded and you’ve got the right driver installed. Running QuickBooks as admin usually helps avoid any permission hiccups. If you want to skip all the driver and setup stuff, tools like Skyvia can sync your QuickBooks data easily and without any coding.

Aryna
Post Partisan
Post Partisan

Hi there, I have a ready-made solution for Quickbooks and Power BI connection. Here is an example of report that I recently created: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sQ0U6uyUwqEu6IQ3ZMXEDV5GdsokLLE0/view?usp=drive_link

Akshay_M
Helper I
Helper I

On my Cloud PC I did follow the steps at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/service-connect-to-quickbooks-online to connect through the online service rather than Power BI Desktop, and that did work for me.

Anonymous
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I gotit .... I had to go into File - Options and under security Authentication Browser, enable use my default browser (Chrome).

Anonymous
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Yes I do

parry2k
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous do you have 2fa enabled on QBO?



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