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Robert4049
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7 years ago

API that uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication

Hey Everyone, I'm trying to use an API that uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication; the problem lies in the fact that there's no Session Token and it requires my credentials to log into the app; I've m...
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amiller
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7 years ago

I've followed this example to get an OAuth token, add it to the header in a call to our API service, and have it working from Power BI Desktop.  However, I can't seem to configure automated refresh from the Power BI service portal for this data source.  I recieve the message "Your data source can't be refreshed because the credentials are invalid. Please update your credentials and try again."  How do I configure automated refresh for a data source based on this approach to authentication?  Any help is appreciated, this is a pretty big road block if we can't get it working.