Intergration with Azure File Service Folders

TePe · ‎10-03-2017

Hi,

I'm trying to import all files stored on an Azure File Service based folder. I get an I/O error, I guess because I can't provide any user name/password. When I map a drive everything works however this won't allow me to upload my solution to the Power BI Service. So any idea how I can fix this?

v-qiuyu-msft · ‎10-04-2017

Hi @TePe,

Can you show the detail error message or screenshot about the I/O error? What do you mean "however this won't allow me to upload my solution to the Power BI Service"? Please share detail information about the issue.

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Qiuyun Yu

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TePe · ‎10-05-2017

Hi,

this is the error I see:

As I said I can map a drive to the share, then everything works fine. However mapping a drive is a local activity. A drive called i.e. "Q:" mapped to the network share won't help me when I try to refresh the data in the Power BI Service because it won't know the drive "Q:". So I think I need to have a direct link to the network share which doesn't work (see the error above). There might be a workaround like installing a local gateway which has the drive mapped but this would mean that when I refresh the data all files need to go from the cloud through my local gateway and back into the cloud...