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cheryl-lee33
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Helper I

Refresh of SharePoint data source updated or not?

Hi,

 

I hope someone can advise me what has happened.  I have a couple of Power BI reports using SharePoint folders as source data.  The scheduled refresh has been fine.  Yet, just now, I noticed something strange.  When I refreshed the data, I did not receive any error message.  However, under the gateway connection, I saw the following:

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There seems to be a cross for the SharePoint data.  When I connected to the source data in either Power BI desktop or Power BI Service, I can connect to the source without any problem.  As soon as I published the report to Power BI desktop, SharePoint data source always shows as above. 

 

Is there a problem?  What should I do to fix it?  I have signed in Microsoft365 for sure.  Also, I have checked my Data source credentials using "Edit credentials", and there is no error message either.  

 

Any input and suggestions are much appreciated.

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blopez11
Super User
Super User

I don't believe there is anything wrong

You don't need to use the gateway for that data source, since it is in the cloud

However, I believe you have the option to do so, and that is why it shows up there

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Yes, they get added automatically, to give you the option of refreshing them through the gateway

I think if a data source in your dataset is supported by the gateway, it will show up by default

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blopez11
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Super User

I don't believe there is anything wrong

You don't need to use the gateway for that data source, since it is in the cloud

However, I believe you have the option to do so, and that is why it shows up there

Hi @blopez11 ,

 

Thank you for your reply.  If there is no problem, that's great. 

The thing is that I did not specific add that source to use the gateway.  It seems to have added it automatically and then show me the red cross.  That is why I got confused.

Yes, they get added automatically, to give you the option of refreshing them through the gateway

I think if a data source in your dataset is supported by the gateway, it will show up by default

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