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prady2581
Helper I
Helper I

Credential Connection string to Sharepoint online in on prem Report Server

hello team.

I have created a PowerBI report that connects to a SharePoint Online folder that contains multiple Excel files. I uploaded this to our On-Premise Report Server (Sept2024). I want to create a daily schedule refresh. In the Data Sources section, it displays an error as shown below. Is there a specific format that we need to provide? I'm selecting the Windows authentication type. Earlier when it used to connect to SharePoint on-premises, it used to work correctly.

 

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d_gosbell
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Unfortunately Sharepoint Online is not a supported data source for scheduled refresh. see Power BI report data sources in Power BI Report Server - Power BI | Microsoft Learn 

 

Your options are to either put these reports on the Power BI service or use some other process to copy the data to a location / data source that does support scheduled refresh.

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d_gosbell
Super User
Super User

Unfortunately Sharepoint Online is not a supported data source for scheduled refresh. see Power BI report data sources in Power BI Report Server - Power BI | Microsoft Learn 

 

Your options are to either put these reports on the Power BI service or use some other process to copy the data to a location / data source that does support scheduled refresh.

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