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Dycacian
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5 years ago

401.2 Access denied when testing the ReportServer URL as a regular windows user

Hello, We are having an issue where we cannot access the ReportServer URL from any client unless the user is in the Computername\Administrators group on the report server itself.  Could this have so...
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v-janeyg-msft
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5 years ago

Hi, Dycacian 

 

Can you share the screenshot of the error?

Here is a case abouting using web service: It said that the webservice needs to be running to run the portal engine so to speak however you should never need to access it it directly, all your reports get accessed via the webportal.

 Regarding issue The operation you are attempting o... - Microsoft Power BI Community Hope it helps.

 

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Janey Guo

 

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Dycacian
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5 years ago

v-janeyg-msft ,

That is true.  But when I run a paginated report, I get the exact same error.  If the user is part of the computer administrators group, paginated reports work, and if they are not part of the group, they don't.  

 

I was using the direct link to the web service as a way to explain that it is an issue with permissions on the web service.  I just can't figure out which permissions to change so users don't have to be part of the local Administrators group to run reports.

 

Thanks,

Dy

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    v-janeyg-msft
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    5 years ago

    Hi, Dycacian 

     

    I mean, you can only access through the url that opens the web portal instead of the web service.

    After my test, even if the user is given the lowest authority, he can open the paginated report, but if I delete the permission for a certain user under the management permission of a single paginated report, it cannot be opened.

    Like this:

    I don't know what your error message is, can you share it?

     

    Best Regards

    Janey Guo

     

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      Dycacian
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      5 years ago

      v-janeyg-msft ,

      Hopefully, this time the image will upload.  Below is what it looks like when we try to load a report when a user is not an administrator of the local server.