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Hi all,
sometimes (not always) I receive a connection error to Google Big Query (I'm using Service Account), but I don't understand why.
Quick intro:
On my Power BI Desktop, when I'm crearting the new BigQuery connection, I see three different project:
I've got permissions only for ProjectA because I have all my tables there.
I've made the connection and I've choseen the tables of ProjectA without problems, but sometimes I receive an error during the refresh (both on Desktop and Service): "Access Denied: Project ProjectB".
It's correct that I don't have access to ProjectB, but all my tables are in ProjectA. I don't understand why sometimes the refresh works, and sometimes doesn't.
I published the report and the dataset on PBI Service and, once again, the refresh works intermittently.
This is the error:
DataSource.Error: <ccon>ODBC: ERROR [42000] [Microsoft][BigQuery] (100) Error interacting with REST API: Access Denied: Project ProjectB: User does not have bigquery.jobs.create permission in project ProjectB.. DataSourceKind = GoogleBigQuery. DataSourcePath = GoogleBigQuery. OdbcErrors = #table({"SQLState", "NativeError", "Message"}, {}). </ccon>. The exception was raised by the IDbCommand interface. Table: Table1.
This is the Refresh History on PBI Service (all with the same Service Account Login and without any changes):
Feel free to ask any information you need.
Thanks for the help.
Luca
Solved! Go to Solution.
I think it's a connector bug, I've solved reducing visibility in the service account to just Project A.
I still don't understand how I can receive error on a table that I'm not using.
I think it's a connector bug, I've solved reducing visibility in the service account to just Project A.
I still don't understand how I can receive error on a table that I'm not using.
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