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Web Data Sources connection problem
Hello everyone!
I have an issue on Power BI desktop. I can't connect to web data sources. I tried to do the UEFA European Football example (see https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-desktop-tutorial-importing-and-analyzing-data-from-a-web-page) with data from wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_European_Football_Championship) but is impposible to query the data from this source. The software freezes at "Please wait while we establish a connection to..." and connection time is exeeded. This only happens with web sources. I tried the following possible solutions but none of these work:
-Network issues: I tried the connections from the network at my job, but my coworkers don't have problems.
-HTTPS: I tried http instead https.
-Sign out and Sign in
-Restart PC
I can't reinstall the software 'cause I don't have administrator permission. Any other suggestions?
By the way, I have a 64-bit version in a 64-bit PC with 32-bit Office
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I just tried this and it worked. You can try going into your data sources, File | Options | Data source settings and clearing the permissions. Then try reconnecting and using Anonymous permissions, that's what I used.
I am on the April release of the Desktop, 64-bit, English language.
Hi smoupre. Thank you for answer.
I actually tried your option to (I forget to put it in the original message) but I get the same.
I just tested. And it works properly. Can you access the web page in your browser?
Please update your Power BI Desktop in to latest version and try again.
Regards,
