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Hi All
I have some data source that is connected to our organisational one drive (excel). In order to do a scheduled refresh, I'm required to input the credentials but organisation authenication is not available under the authentication type. Tried anonymous and windows authenication, the error shows:
"The report server couldn't connect to the data source using the information you entered. Make sure you've entered the connection string and any credentials correctly."
If organizational authentication is not available as an authentication type, you may need to set up a data gateway to allow for scheduled refresh of your Excel data source from OneDrive in Power BI.
Here are the high-level steps to set up a data gateway:
Once you have set up the data gateway and scheduled refresh, you should not need to enter your credentials every time you refresh the data.
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