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clear permission data source power bi

If I clear the permission of a data source in data source setting, can i reconnect again with the data source if needed? thank you

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The warning is about it deleting the stored credentials.

When you enter them the next time, as long as they are valid credentials it will connect and refresh the data.




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Yes you can, if you clear permissions it effectively removes the stored encrypted credentials. On next refresh you would be prompted to enter the details again




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Hi Gilbert, 

 

thanks for replying. but a warning message pops up. what i am afraid is that i cannot connect anymore on the database to create another report if i will clear permissions/ delete. please see pic of warning.

 

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The warning is about it deleting the stored credentials.

When you enter them the next time, as long as they are valid credentials it will connect and refresh the data.




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Anonymous
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Thanks Gilbert 🙂

Awesome, it will never delete any of your actual data.




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