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Anonymous
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10 years ago

Error: Information is needed in order to combine data

Power BI refreshes fail with the error "Information is needed in order to combine data". This seems to mostly happen when I modify an existing query. Setting the file privacy to ignore does not have ...
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edgedj
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10 years ago

I'm also getting this error. I have been working on a SQL Azure dataset and it's been refreshing fine both manually and scheduled for a couple of weeks now. Yesterday I added a SharePoint list and the manual refresh is working but the scheduled refresh fails with

 

Data Source Error: Information is needed in order to combine data

Cluster URI: WABI-NORTH-EUROPE-redirect.analysis.windows.net

 

The credentials for the refresh are set correctly for both SharePoint and SQL Azure

 

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Dave

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Evogelpohl
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10 years ago

Same here.  Just published from latest version of PBI Designer a solution that pulls from SQL on-prem and REST/Cloud via the latest personal gateway.  Get this on Powerbi.com when refreshing:

 

Last refresh failed: Sun Oct 25 2015 19:23:57 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
An error occurred while processing the data in the dataset.

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Data Source Error:Information is needed in order to combine data
Cluster URI:WABI-US-NORTH-CENTRAL-redirect.analysis.windows.net
Activity Id:09b7dde0-d091-47a6-acc5-32d863219dad
Request Id:efd94e90-6952-4cce-992a-a50d4f992c1c
Time:2015-10-26 00:23:57Z