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Hi there,
I have been trying to set up a SSAS MD live connection but after a few hours I still dont have it working.
I have followed this:c
My situation:
Azure VM machine: remote connection with Admin credentials
- Has analysis services MD cube.
--> uses CompanyNameDWH\Admin (so the domain is not just CompanyName but has DWH behind it).
- Has enterprise gateway installed and reports that the Cube is online and ready to be used.
--> this uses my organizational e-mail (e.g. raoul@CompanyName.com).
- Has Power BI desktop which has a live connection the the azure remote machine analysis service which works fine.
--> this uses raoul@CompanyName.com aswell.
I setup the gateway in manage gateways on app.powerbi.com and the connection is working (using CompanyNameDWH\Admin user credentials to login to the MD cube).
Now I have published a report to app.powerbi.com to share within my organization.
I open the report and I receive a:
There was a data source access error. Please contact the gateway administrator.
When I create a new workspace and then try to connect to the analysis service I get the the following error:
The following system error occured: the name provided is not a properly formed account name.
So I thought, well this must be cause of the the CompanyNameDWH and @CompanyName.com are not in the same domain so let's use the map (effective) user names function in manage gateways:
I set that up in the following way:
Replace: raoul@CompanyName.com WITH CompanyNameDWH\Admin
But that does not work.. ?
I have tried creating a local admin account with my own name as username and use that instead but the same thing happened: There was a data source access error. Please contact the gateway administrator.
Doesnt effective usernames work that way? I really have to make the azure machine domain-joined for this to work?
Solved! Go to Solution.
As mentioned in your followed article:
The email address that is passed into EffectiveUserName has to match a UPN property on a local Active Directory account. For this reason, the Analysis Services machine has to be joined to a domain. The domain of the email address has to match a UPN Suffix within your local Active Directory.
So your Azure VM must be in a domain so that this authentication will work. See a similar thread below:
Regards,
As mentioned in your followed article:
The email address that is passed into EffectiveUserName has to match a UPN property on a local Active Directory account. For this reason, the Analysis Services machine has to be joined to a domain. The domain of the email address has to match a UPN Suffix within your local Active Directory.
So your Azure VM must be in a domain so that this authentication will work. See a similar thread below:
Regards,
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