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Connecting to data source hosted on Dropbox
Hello PowerBI-Ites, Has anyone had any luck connecting to Dropbox as a data source. Couldn't find many articles on this topic. Here's one article that had a solution we couldn't get to work: h...
Thanks so much gparrello and hugoberry for sharing your findings. Am I right in understanding that this will only work on folders owned by the Developer who generates the Dropbox app & access key?
I want to point Power BI at a Dropbox folder that's been shared with me. So I dont know the full folder path.
mike_honey you are correct, you would only be able to access folders owned by the creator of the API key.
But, as far I know, you also own a copy of any shared folder (it's in your Dropbox path) and shared folders are movable (you can put a shared folder inside any subfolder of yours, it doesn't have to be in the root of your Dropbox).
I believe you could create a folder and an API key for it and then move the shared folder inside it.
But, as far I know, you also own a copy of any shared folder (it's in your Dropbox path) and shared folders are movable (you can put a shared folder inside any subfolder of yours, it doesn't have to be in the root of your Dropbox).
I believe you could create a folder and an API key for it and then move the shared folder inside it.