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Hello PBI Nation,
I'm having a heck of a time getting the new XLMA endpoint working. I've read several articles about it, but I'm not getting it to work, whether I use SSMS 18.0 RC, Excel, or PBI report Builder. I am the admin for my company's Power BI Premium node and it is set to "1" in order to allow this. I have several datasets on the premium node under "classic" workspaces as well as one under a "new" workspace. I can't connect to either. I keep getting the error:
TITLE: Connect to Server
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Cannot connect to powerbi://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/VIPER - Sales Managers.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.
Technical Details:
RootActivityId: 3faf2e5a-1f4c-4287-b839-8f5f0627be4c
Date (UTC): 4/21/2019 8:13:49 PM (Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient)
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The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized. (System)
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BUTTONS:
OK
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I am at a loss. I feel like I'm doing everything right, so help me out. What am I missing? The dataset is in Power BI. Our tenant is set to 1 allowing an XMLA connection. I am an admin on the tenant as well as for the workspace. So what gives?
Andrew
Solved! Go to Solution.
I commented on Chris Finlan's blog about this topic and he directed me here:
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/support/
Looks like xmla is currently down. Bummer as I was very excited to start kicking the tires on this feature.
I am also facing the same issue. Please help if you have already solved it.
I commented on Chris Finlan's blog about this topic and he directed me here:
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/support/
Looks like xmla is currently down. Bummer as I was very excited to start kicking the tires on this feature.
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