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dreww12345
Helper I
Helper I

The decryption operation failed

Intermittently receiving the below error when trying to refresh one of our Nav Odata web services tables.

 

Looking for suggestions on how to troubleshoot.

 

OLE DB or ODBC error: [DataSource.Error] OData: The decryption operation failed, see inner exception..

 

Thank you

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dreww12345
Helper I
Helper I

Hi all,

 

I was able to resolve this issue by simply updating the Power BI app to the latest version. Thank you for all the replies

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joaquinQHR
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I'm having a similar issue when trying to refresh content using "SharePoint Folder connector" that was working with no issues.
We couldn't parse OData response result. Error: The decryption operation failed, see inner exception.
My PBI desktop is up to date.
Any ideas what could it be?

dreww12345
Helper I
Helper I

Hi all,

 

I was able to resolve this issue by simply updating the Power BI app to the latest version. Thank you for all the replies

v-diye-msft
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Hi @dreww12345 

 

Sorry I never met this error before, you might raise it to the support team for better advice:

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/support/ 

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amitchandak
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@dreww12345 , refer if this can help

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54805869/the-decryption-operation-failed-see-inner-exception

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/azure/en-US/3a6ca45e-6d36-40e8-bb47-b2445b9afea8/blob-the-d...

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HI @dreww12345 

 

Can you try executing the query on the connected Daatabase.

Does it error out there too?

 

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