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Error loading Excel file from Sharepoint
I get an error when loading the file into PowerBI. I've tried multiple times and consistently get this error: Something went wrong. Failed to configure selected file Please try again later...
Hi jamieo toulou,
When you connect to Excel file from Sharepoint Online in Power BI Desktop, create PBIX file and publish it to Power BI Service, you are able to schedule refresh for the dataset.
Moreover, OAuth2 is the right protocol for SharePoint Online Excel, there is no other option to connect to the web URL besides those options mentioned by toulou.
Thanks,
Lydia Zhang
Lydia, even going this route, the automatic refresh fails. I can manually refresh through the "Schedule Refresh" interface by manually changing to Oauth and providing credentials, but these credentials are gone the next time I login and any scheduled refresh fails.
Is there any way to get scheduled refresh without using a PowerBI Gateway?