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PJLNS
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7 years ago
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Azure blob - Account Key vs. Anonymous

Hello all,   I apologize if the answer to this question is too obvious, but I seem to be missing something.   When using the Azure blob connector in PBI, you are presented with the option of anon...
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    PJLNS
    7 years ago

    Thank you for taking the time to respond. My issue specifically is with PowerBi seemingly requiring Anonymous authentication when pulling images from Azure blob storage. A solution has been found for our case, so I will share for others.

     

    Rather than using the Azure Blob connector in PowerBi, we used the Powerapps connector to connect to a Powerapp which was connected to the Azure Blob storage. In our case we wanted the pictures to be filtered based on a folder (file name prefix in blob storage) and this was still possible using this method.

     

     

PJLNS's avatar
PJLNS
Frequent Visitor
7 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to respond. My issue specifically is with PowerBi seemingly requiring Anonymous authentication when pulling images from Azure blob storage. A solution has been found for our case, so I will share for others.

 

Rather than using the Azure Blob connector in PowerBi, we used the Powerapps connector to connect to a Powerapp which was connected to the Azure Blob storage. In our case we wanted the pictures to be filtered based on a folder (file name prefix in blob storage) and this was still possible using this method.