Unable to pull data into power BI desktop through OneDrive

[Anonymous]

Hi there,

I've been trying to get excel data from OneDrive but I've been getting an error stating "Access to the resource is forbidden" though the file was uploaded to the OneDrive by myself and I'm also unable to refresh the dataset which is stored in my teammate's OneDrive.

Any help on getting this issue rectified would be helpful.

[v-yingjl]

Hi @Anonymous ,

After test, it has no issues that I am logging in with different accounts in Power BI and One Drive. But when you get data from OneDrive, you must type OneDrive credentials rather than use your Power BI account, please follow the steps below.
1. Click File->Options and Settings->Data source settings->clear your previous permission.

2. In Power BI desktop, type the link, please choose the Organizational Account to sign in(because use OneDrive for business, type your Organizational Account of OneDrive here), it will work fine after clicking connect. In this part, if you use windows authentication, it will return the error message, because you current power BI account is not windowns account.

Best Regards,
Yingjie Li

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[Anonymous]

Even after trying to login to organizational link, pop up comes saying we cannot authenticate you

[bvdm1980]

could it be that you have microsoft authenticator step that is needed from company policy? 

So it always needs authenticator confirmation, i have the same issue and just was thinking that this might cause the issue. 

[amitchandak]

@Anonymous , Refer if this can help

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Refreshing-data-through-Onedrive/m-p/593185

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the response @amitchandak. However, this isn't helping me overcome my problem. I always try to pull the data as it was mentioned in the link you've provided.