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Hello,
I'm on the pro trial version of Power BI and would like to analyze some of the reports that I've built in Excel since I need to do some calculations on data from the reports. However I can't get it to work on any of the computers or accounts within my organization.
If I try to do it from excel it says that I don't have the right permissions, no matter what workspace or report/database I try to connect to. I'm signed into the same power bi user in power bi desktop, excel, and the web app.
If I try and do it from app.power bi and do analyze in excel, it downloads an .odc file. I get this on my computer
And if I try on another computer I get this:
I feel pretty confident that I have all the right drives and such, and I just can't figure out how to get it to work.
I get the same error no matter what workspace I select. I would especially think I have permission to myworkspace though.
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