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samwoolerton
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7 years ago
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Authenticating an R or Python script

I was excited to see that Power BI now supports Python scripts, so I put together a quick script to get data from the Zendesk API.   With basic auth (username and password) hard-coded, this works i...
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    samwoolerton
    7 years ago

    Yeah I'm more comfortable with the few people I will work on the report with having access to my credentials than those who I'll share the report with.

     

    Thanks for the help all, looks like hard-coding the username and password is the best option for me here

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zoloturu
Memorable Member
7 years ago

samwoolerton, Anonymous,

 

On the one hand, approach sounds as an alternative but on the other hand, once you publish a report with such parameters to Power BI Service then your parameters will be opened to everyone who has access to a workspace. 

 

Regards,
Ruslan

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samwoolerton
Regular Visitor
7 years ago

Yeah I'm more comfortable with the few people I will work on the report with having access to my credentials than those who I'll share the report with.

 

Thanks for the help all, looks like hard-coding the username and password is the best option for me here