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haythamjawad
New Member
2 years ago

privilege required to use SharePoint.Contents

Hi there,

We have a Power BI file with the data source being a SharePoint site. When I use SharePoint.Files, it works fine with the following formula:
= SharePoint.Files("https://xxxx.sharepoint.com/sites/XXXXX/",[ApiVersion = 15])

 

 

However, when I use SharePoint.Contents, I encounter an authentication problem with the following formula:
= SharePoint.Contents("https://xxxx.sharepoint.com/sites/XXXXX/",[ApiVersion = 15])

 

I have read permission on the SharePoint site. Can you help me fix this problem?

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    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable

      Hi haythamjawad 

      You can try the following solutions:

      1.Before changing the sharepoint.file to sharepoint.content, clear the data permission at data source settings, then change it to sharepoint.content  reconnect it.

       

      2.Please check that whether you have the permission of the folder of the sharepoint even through you have the permission of the site, you can refer to the following link.

      Share SharePoint files or folders - Microsoft Support

      3.change the apiversion to 14

       

      SharePoint.Contents("https://xxxx.sharepoint.com/sites/XXXXX/",[ApiVersion = 14])

       

      you can refer to the following link.

      Solved: SharePoint.Files vs SharePoint.Contents - shared f... - Microsoft Fabric Community

       

      Best Regards!

      Yolo Zhu

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      • haythamjawad's avatar
        haythamjawad
        New Member

        Thanks. It did not work. I'm still getting the error when I use ApiVersion 15.