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Anonymous
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Web.Contents credentials problem

I an running a function to import data from Excel spreadsheets.  It begins with something like

 

     Excel.Workbook(Web.Contents(pathName))

 

with the pathName being passed as a parameter such as "https://spo.domain.com/sites/long_path_name/file_name.xlsx"

 

So far, so good.  It's working fine in PowerBI desktop but when trying to use it in a Dataflow I get the error message of "One or More tables references a dynamic data source".  Fair enough, I've modified the above to 

 

     Excel.Workbook(Web.Contents("https://spo.domain.com",[RelativePath="sites/long_path_name/file_name.xlsx"]))

 

The only problem is that using the latter doesn't allow me to authentificate using my normal credentials.  For some reason, using

 

     Excel.Workbook(Web.Contents("https://spo.domain.com/sites/long_path_name/file_name.xlsx"))

 

works fine, but using 

 

     Excel.Workbook(Web.Contents("https://spo.domain.com/",[RelativePath="sites/long_path_name/file_name.xlsx"]))

 

Does not work.  What am I missing?

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lbendlin
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You are missing the part where they told you to never use a Web connector for Excel files on a Sharepoint. Use the "SharePoint Folders"  conenctor instead.

Anonymous
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That doesn't solve the problem.

It does, bceause now it is properly handling OAUTH authentication.

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