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AJinCA
New Member
11 years ago

What credentials do I enter to refresh Power BI data set?

I created a data model in Excel 2013 Power Pivot. The data was in a SQL 2000 database. When I tried to connect initially I received an error message: "Failed to connect to the server. SQL Server Native Client 11.0 does not support connections to SQL Server 2000 or earlier versions."

 

So instead I connected using the .Net Framework Data Provider for SQL Server. I uploaded the data set to Power BI. Now I want to schedule a data refresh but I don't know the credentials to enter. I received the following error message:

 

Failed to update data source credentials: [Expression.Error] ADO.NET: The connection string is invalid. The connection property 'integrated security' can only be provided using credentials.
 
Does anyone know how I should set up the credentials?
 
Thank you.
 
Arthur Jenkins

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  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    Community Champion
    11 years ago

    Can you post your connection string? Are you using Integrated Security = True or Integrated Security = SSPI? I seem to recall some issues with the first when using .NET OleDB so you may be running into a similar kind of issue.

    • AJinCA's avatar
      AJinCA
      New Member
      11 years ago

      Hi. Thank you for your reply. Here is the connection string:

       

      Data Source=osi-es-acct1;Initial Catalog=OS_Acct_APP;Integrated Security=True;Persist Security Info=False;User ID=ArthurJ

       

      As you can see, Integrated Security  = True. If I recall correctly when I chose the .Net Framework Data Provider for SQL Server the only choices were Integrated Security = True (or False).

       

      Integrated Security  = SSPI only appeared when choosing SQL Server Native Client 11.0, which as I said does not work with SQL 2000 databases. 

       

      The interesting thing is the Configure dialog box that appears in Power BI when I attempt to configure my credentials has a box labeled Options Integrated Security that lists SSPI as the entry, although it is greyed out. Not sure if that has any significance.

       

      Thank you for your help.

       

      Regards

       

      Arthur Jenkins