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Kieran
Advocate II
Advocate IIUnable to run Rest API call within Power BI.
Overview I am unable to run a Rest API call within Power BI. However I can run the same Rest API call within an internet browser successfully. Detail Internet Browser Rest API call works fine 1...
Solution found.
I had an excellent steer from jude_moore. The solution for my scenario was to use Basic Authentication as follows ...
dmitriisolovev
Advocate I
Advocate IHi Kieran,
Haven't you tried to pass "header" parameter using advanced web connector settings?
Please take a look at the links below. They ould be a bit outdated but really helpful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBKm3xlgCGA
https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2014/03/26/working-with-web-services-in-power-query/
KieranAdvocate II
Advocate IIThanks Dmitrii,
I have studied the links.
However I havn't got the information to insert in the header.
Also again the Rest API call worked fine within the internet browser. Why won't the same Rest API call work within Power BI Desktop?