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Anonymous
Not applicable
4 years ago

Linking authentication-needing files

Hello!   I have a domain/website that needs a form authentication. After I authenticate, I can click on some links which will download some xls files.   I want to put these links into a Data Conn...
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Ehren's avatar
Ehren
Microsoft Employee
4 years ago

Try using Anonymous auth for domain.com.

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Anonymous
Not applicable
4 years ago

Ehren  thanks, I did try it and it does not work. It downloads this and it shows the login webpage:

 

 

 

I can check the headers when I visit the domain.com/download/425 link, would that help?

  • Ehren's avatar
    Ehren
    Microsoft Employee
    4 years ago

    Does the website maintain the login across sessions? In other words, if you login in IE and are able to download the xls files, and then close the browser, are you able to download the xls files without logging in the next time you open IE?

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      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      4 years ago

      Ehren  indeed the website does not maintain the login session if I close the browser

       

      What can be done in this situation?

       

      I can keep IE/Edge open after I login manually, if needed!

      • Ehren's avatar
        Ehren
        Microsoft Employee
        4 years ago

        I'm not sure there's anything that can be done in this case.

         

        Does the website support any kind of non-interactive login/auth? That's probably the only way to make it work, if the cookies don't persist across browser sessions.

  • v-kelly-msft's avatar
    v-kelly-msft
    Community Support
    4 years ago

    Hi  Anonymous ,

     

    Did you try to click edit or transform at the right bottom corner of the pic showed below:

     

    When you go into  query editor,you could expand the tables to get the contents.

     

    Best Regards,
    Kelly

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